c5.xlargevsc6i.xlarge

c5.xlarge and c6i.xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.17 per hour.

At a glancec5.xlargec6i.xlarge
On-demand$0.17/hr$0.17/hr
Lowest rate$0.0531/hr10% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0589/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 8 GiB4 vCPUs, 8 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.xlargec6i.xlargec6i.xlarge vs c5.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.17$0.17Same
SpotCan be interrupted69% off$0.053165% off$0.0589▲ 11%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.10734% off$0.1125▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$0.07156% off$0.0748▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.12328% off$0.1229Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.08252% off$0.0821Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5.xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where c6i.xlarge 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

14 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differc5.xlargec6i.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
ECU20–
MemoryAll 1 matchc5.xlargec6i.xlarge
Memory (GiB)88
Networking3 of 8 differc5.xlargec6i.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.562 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage6 of 11 differc5.xlargec6i.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2250 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS20,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differc5.xlargec6i.xlarge
Familyc5c6i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionc5.xlargec6i.xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.17$0.17Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.17$0.17Same
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.17$0.17Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.17$0.17Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.17$0.17Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.182$0.182Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.186$0.186Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.186$0.186Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.192$0.192Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.192$0.1824▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.194$0.194Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.196$0.196Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.202$0.202Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.202$0.202Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.202$0.202Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.202$0.1915▼ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.204$0.204Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.204$0.204Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.211$0.2112Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.212$0.212Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.214$0.214Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.214$0.214Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.216$0.216Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.222$0.222Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.228$0.228Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.262$0.262Same

Keep exploring

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

c5.xlargeCompute optimized, c5 family
c5.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c5 family

Compare c5.xlarge with

c5a.xlargec5d.xlargec5n.xlargem5.xlarger5.xlargec4.xlarge
c6i.xlargeCompute optimized, c6i family
c6i.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c6i family

Compare c6i.xlarge with

c6g.xlargec6in.xlargem6i.xlarger6i.xlargec6a.xlargec6id.xlargec7i.xlarge

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