c5d.metalvsc6id.metal

c5d.metal is 29% cheaper than c6id.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,345.54 a month. Per vCPU, c5d.metal costs 5% less.

At a glancec5d.metalc6id.metal
On-demand$4.608/hr29% less$6.451/hr
Lowest rate$1.381/hr77% lessSpot, can be interrupted$6.036/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.

Optionc5d.metalc6id.metalc6id.metal vs c5d.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$4.608$6.451▲ 40%
SpotCan be interrupted70% off$1.3816% off$6.036▲ 337%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.90337% off$4.066▲ 40%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$1.93558% off$2.696▲ 39%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$3.34228% off$4.657▲ 39%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$2.22552% off$3.121▲ 40%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5d.metal leads
On-demand price$4.608 vs $6.451 per hour
29% cheaper
Sustained clock3.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
3% higher
Where c6id.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

23 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 11 differc5d.metalc6id.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 differc5d.metalc6id.metal
Memory (GiB)192256
Networking4 of 8 differc5d.metalc6id.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
Storage9 of 12 differc5d.metalc6id.metal
Storage4 x 900 NVMe SSD4 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 900 GB SSD4 × 1,900 GB SSD
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 differc5d.metalc6id.metal
Familyc5dc6id
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 c5d.metal first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5d.metalc6id.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.608$6.451▲ 40%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.608$6.451▲ 40%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.608$6.451▲ 40%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$5.088$7.123▲ 40%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$5.232$7.325▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$5.28$7.392▲ 40%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.328$7.459▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$5.376$7.526▲ 40%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$5.472$7.661▲ 40%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$5.494$7.691▲ 40%
EU (London)eu-west-2$5.52$7.728▲ 40%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$5.568$7.795▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.856$8.198▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$6.048$8.467▲ 40%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$7.152$10.013▲ 40%

Keep exploring

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

c5d.metalCompute optimized, c5d family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.