c5.metalvsc6i.metal

c5.metal is 25% cheaper than c6i.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $992.80 a month. Per vCPU, they cost the same.

At a glancec5.metalc6i.metal
On-demand$4.08/hr25% less$5.44/hr
Lowest rate$0.9484/hr25% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.26/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 192 GiB128 vCPUs, 256 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.metalc6i.metalc6i.metal vs c5.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$4.08$5.44▲ 33%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.948477% off$1.26▲ 33%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.5734% off$3.599▲ 40%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$1.7156% off$2.395▲ 40%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.95628% off$3.931▲ 33%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.9752% off$2.627▲ 33%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5.metal leads
On-demand price$4.08 vs $5.44 per hour
25% cheaper
Sustained clock3.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
3% higher
Where c6i.metal leads
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network baseline50 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
2× higher
vCPUs128 vs 96
33% higher
Memory (GiB)256 vs 192
33% higher

Specs

21 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 11 differc5.metalc6i.metal
vCPUs96128
Physical cores4864
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–
Memory1 of 1 differc5.metalc6i.metal
Memory (GiB)192256
Networking4 of 8 differc5.metalc6i.metal
Network25 Gigabit50000 Megabit
Network baseline25 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage7 of 11 differc5.metalc6i.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput14000 Mbps40000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000160,000
EBS max IOPS80,000160,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details2 of 9 differc5.metalc6i.metal
Familyc5c6i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192256
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.metalc6i.metalDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$4.08$5.44▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$4.08$5.44▲ 33%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.08$5.44▲ 33%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.08$5.44▲ 33%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.08$5.44▲ 33%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.368$5.824▲ 33%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.464$5.952▲ 33%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$4.464$5.952▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.608$6.144▲ 33%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.608$5.837▲ 27%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.656$6.208▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.704$6.272▲ 33%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$4.838$6.129▲ 27%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.848$6.464▲ 33%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.848$6.464▲ 33%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.848$6.464▲ 33%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$4.896$6.528▲ 33%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.896$6.528▲ 33%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$5.069$6.758▲ 33%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$5.088$6.784▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$5.136$6.848▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.136$6.848▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$5.184$6.912▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.328$7.104▲ 33%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$5.472$7.296▲ 33%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$6.288$8.384▲ 33%

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