c5.metalvsc5n.metal

c5n.metal is 5% cheaper than c5.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $140.16 a month. Per vCPU, c5.metal costs 21% less.

At a glancec5.metalc5n.metal
On-demand$4.08/hr$3.888/hr5% less
Lowest rate$0.9484/hr7% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.023/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 192 GiB72 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275LIntel 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.metalc5n.metalc5n.metal vs c5.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$4.08$3.888▼ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.948474% off$1.023▲ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.5737% off$2.449▼ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$1.7164% off$1.412▼ 17%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.95628% off$2.817▼ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.9758% off$1.626▼ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5.metal leads
vCPUs96 vs 72
33% higher
Where c5n.metal leads
On-demand price$3.888 vs $4.08 per hour
5% cheaper
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
4× higher

Specs

13 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 11 differc5.metalc5n.metal
vCPUs9672
Physical cores4836
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275LIntel Xeon Platinum 8124M
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.4 GHz3 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz3.4 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.metalc5n.metal
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking4 of 8 differc5.metalc5n.metal
Network25 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 11 matchc5.metalc5n.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput14000 Mbps14000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details2 of 9 differc5.metalc5n.metal
Familyc5c5n
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192144
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionc5.metalc5n.metalDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$4.08$3.888▼ 5%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.08$3.888▼ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.08$3.888▼ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.08$3.888▼ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.368$4.176▼ 4%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.464$4.248▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.608$4.392▼ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.608$4.392▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.656$4.428▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$4.704$4.464▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.704$4.464▼ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.848$4.608▼ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.848$4.644▼ 4%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.848$4.608▼ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$4.896$4.68▼ 4%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.896$4.68▼ 4%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$5.069$4.824▼ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$5.088$4.86▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$5.136$4.896▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.136$4.896▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$5.184$5.148▼ 1%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.328$5.076▼ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$5.472$5.227▼ 4%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$6.288$5.976▼ 5%

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