c5.largevsc6i.large

c5.large and c6i.large cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.085 per hour.

At a glancec5.largec6i.large
On-demand$0.085/hr$0.085/hr
Lowest rate$0.0269/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0269/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 4 GiB2 vCPUs, 4 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel 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.largec6i.largec6i.large vs c5.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.085$0.085Same
SpotCan be interrupted68% off$0.026968% off$0.0269Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.05434% off$0.0562▲ 4%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$0.03656% off$0.0374▲ 4%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.06228% off$0.0614▼ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.04152% off$0.041Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5.large leads
EBS baseline IOPS4,000 vs 3,600
11% higher
Where c6i.large leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
3% higher

Specs

13 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differc5.largec6i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.4 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.4 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU10–
MemoryAll 1 matchc5.largec6i.large
Memory (GiB)44
Networking3 of 8 differc5.largec6i.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage5 of 11 differc5.largec6i.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2250 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0003,600
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differc5.largec6i.large
Familyc5c6i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionc5.largec6i.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.085$0.085Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.085$0.085Same
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.085$0.085Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.085$0.085Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.085$0.085Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.091$0.091Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.093$0.093Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.093$0.093Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.096$0.096Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.096$0.0912▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.097$0.097Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.098$0.098Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.101$0.101Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.101$0.101Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.101$0.101Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.101$0.0958▼ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.102$0.102Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.102$0.102Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.106$0.1056Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.106$0.106Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.107$0.107Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.107$0.107Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.108$0.108Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.111$0.111Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.114$0.114Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.131$0.131Same

Keep exploring

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

c5.largeCompute optimized, c5 family
c5.large prices and specsEvery size in the c5 family

Compare c5.large with

c5a.largec5d.largec5n.largem5.larger5.largec4.large
c6i.largeCompute optimized, c6i family
c6i.large prices and specsEvery size in the c6i family

Compare c6i.large with

c6g.largec6in.largem6i.larger6i.largec6a.largec6id.largec7i.large

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