c5.24xlargevsc6i.24xlarge

c5.24xlarge and c6i.24xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $4.08 per hour.

At a glancec5.24xlargec6i.24xlarge
On-demand$4.08/hr$4.08/hr
Lowest rate$1.113/hr3% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.149/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 192 GiB96 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275LIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc5.24xlargec6i.24xlargec6i.24xlarge vs c5.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.08$4.08Same
SpotCan be interrupted73% off$1.11372% off$1.149▲ 3%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.5734% off$2.699▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$1.7156% off$1.796▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.95628% off$2.948Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.9752% off$1.97Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5.24xlarge leads
Sustained clock3.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
3% higher
Where c6i.24xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
58% higher
Network baseline37.5 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
50% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
3% higher

Specs

16 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differc5.24xlargec6i.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275LIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.4 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Deep Learning Boost; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU375–
MemoryAll 1 matchc5.24xlargec6i.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking3 of 8 differc5.24xlargec6i.24xlarge
Network25 Gigabit37500 Megabit
Network baseline25 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage7 of 11 differc5.24xlargec6i.24xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput14000 Mbps30000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000120,000
EBS max IOPS80,000120,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differc5.24xlargec6i.24xlarge
Familyc5c6i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c5.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5.24xlargec6i.24xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$4.08$4.08Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$4.08$4.08Same
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.08$4.08Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.08$4.08Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.08$4.08Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.368$4.368Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.464$4.464Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$4.464$4.464Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.608$4.608Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.608$4.378▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.656$4.656Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.704$4.704Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$4.838$4.596▼ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.848$4.848Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.848$4.848Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.848$4.848Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$4.896$4.896Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.896$4.896Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$5.069$5.069Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$5.088$5.088Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$5.136$5.136Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.136$5.136Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$5.184$5.184Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.328$5.328Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$5.472$5.472Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$6.288$6.288Same

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

c5.24xlargeCompute optimized, c5 family
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Compare c5.24xlarge with

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c6i.24xlargeCompute optimized, c6i family
c6i.24xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c6i family

Compare c6i.24xlarge with

c6in.24xlargem6i.24xlarger6i.24xlargec6a.24xlargec6id.24xlargec7i.24xlarge

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.