c5.largevsc5n.large

c5.large is 21% cheaper than c5n.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $16.79 a month.

At a glancec5.largec5n.large
On-demand$0.085/hr21% less$0.108/hr
Lowest rate$0.0269/hr24% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0353/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 4 GiB2 vCPUs, 5.25 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon Platinum 8124M
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.largec5n.largec5n.large vs c5.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.085$0.108▲ 27%
SpotCan be interrupted68% off$0.026967% off$0.0353▲ 31%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.05437% off$0.068▲ 26%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$0.03664% off$0.039▲ 8%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.06228% off$0.078▲ 26%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.04158% off$0.045▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5.large leads
On-demand price$0.085 vs $0.108 per hour
21% cheaper
Clock speed3.4 GHz vs 3 GHz
13% higher
Where c5n.large leads
Network baseline3 Gbps vs 0.75 Gbps
4× higher
Memory (GiB)5.25 vs 4
31% higher

Specs

8 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 11 differc5.largec5n.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon Platinum 8124M
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.4 GHz3 GHz
Sustained clock3.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU1010
Memory1 of 1 differc5.largec5n.large
Memory (GiB)45.25
Networking3 of 8 differc5.largec5n.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps3 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage1 of 11 differc5.largec5n.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2250 MbpsUp to 3500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0004,000
EBS max IOPS20,00020,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differc5.largec5n.large
Familyc5c5n
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c5.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5.largec5n.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.085$0.108▲ 27%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.085$0.108▲ 27%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.085$0.108▲ 27%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.085$0.108▲ 27%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.091$0.116▲ 27%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.093$0.118▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.096$0.122▲ 27%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.096$0.122▲ 27%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.097$0.123▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.098$0.124▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.098$0.124▲ 27%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.101$0.128▲ 27%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.101$0.129▲ 28%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.101$0.128▲ 27%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.102$0.13▲ 27%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.102$0.13▲ 27%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.106$0.134▲ 26%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.106$0.135▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.107$0.136▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.107$0.136▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.108$0.143▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.111$0.141▲ 27%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.114$0.145▲ 27%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.131$0.166▲ 27%

Keep exploring

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