c5a.2xlargevsc6a.2xlarge

c6a.2xlarge is 1% cheaper than c5a.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1.46 a month.

At a glancec5a.2xlargec6a.2xlarge
On-demand$0.308/hr$0.306/hr1% less
Lowest rate$0.1129/hr13% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1303/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 16 GiB8 vCPUs, 16 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.2xlargec6a.2xlargec6a.2xlarge vs c5a.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.308$0.306▼ 1%
SpotCan be interrupted63% off$0.112957% off$0.1303▲ 15%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.19434% off$0.2024▲ 4%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.13356% off$0.1347▲ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.22428% off$0.2211▼ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.14952% off$0.1477▼ 1%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5a.2xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where c6a.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.306 vs $0.308 per hour
1% cheaper
EBS baseline IOPS12,000 vs 3,200
3.8× higher
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 2.5 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.6 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
9% higher

Specs

15 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differc5a.2xlargec6a.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
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.2xlargec6a.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 8 differc5a.2xlargec6a.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage7 of 11 differc5a.2xlargec6a.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3170 MbpsUp to 6667 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth800 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput100 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,20012,000
EBS max IOPS13,30040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differc5a.2xlargec6a.2xlarge
Familyc5ac6a
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c5a.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5a.2xlargec6a.2xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.188$0.187▼ 1%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.308$0.306▼ 1%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.308$0.306▼ 1%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.308$0.306▼ 1%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.336$0.3348Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.344$0.3283▼ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.348$0.3492Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.352$0.3528Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.364$0.3636Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.38$0.3816Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.384$0.3852Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.388$0.3888Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.4$0.3996Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.472$0.4716Same

Keep exploring

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

c5a.2xlargeCompute optimized, c5a family
c5a.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c5a family

Compare c5a.2xlarge with

c5.2xlargec5ad.2xlargem5a.2xlarger5a.2xlarge
c6a.2xlargeCompute optimized, c6a family
c6a.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c6a family

Compare c6a.2xlarge with

c6g.2xlargec6i.2xlargem6a.2xlarger6a.2xlargec7a.2xlarge

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