c5a.24xlargevsc6a.24xlarge

c6a.24xlarge is 1% cheaper than c5a.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $17.52 a month.

At a glancec5a.24xlargec6a.24xlarge
On-demand$3.696/hr$3.672/hr1% less
Lowest rate$0.9585/hr4% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.00/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 192 GiB96 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
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.

Optionc5a.24xlargec6a.24xlargec6a.24xlarge vs c5a.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.696$3.672▼ 1%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$0.958573% off$1.00▲ 4%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.32834% off$2.429▲ 4%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.59756% off$1.617▲ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.68628% off$2.654▼ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.78452% off$1.773▼ 1%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5a.24xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where c6a.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.672 vs $3.696 per hour
1% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps vs 9,500 Mbps
3.2× higher
Network baseline37.5 Gbps vs 20 Gbps
88% higher
Clock speed3.6 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
9% higher

Specs

14 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differc5a.24xlargec6a.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed3.3 GHz3.6 GHz
Sustained clock3.3 GHz3.6 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc5a.24xlargec6a.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking3 of 8 differc5a.24xlargec6a.24xlarge
Network20 Gigabit37500 Megabit
Network baseline20 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage7 of 11 differc5a.24xlargec6a.24xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput9500 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000120,000
EBS max IOPS40,000120,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differc5a.24xlargec6a.24xlarge
Familyc5ac6a
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c5a.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5a.24xlargec6a.24xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.256$2.244▼ 1%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.696$3.672▼ 1%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.696$3.672▼ 1%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.696$3.672▼ 1%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.032$4.018Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.128$3.94▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.176$4.19Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.224$4.234Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.368$4.363Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$4.56$4.579Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.608$4.622Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$4.656$4.666Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.80$4.795Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.664$5.659Same

Keep exploring

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

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