c5n.largevsc6in.large

c5n.large is 5% cheaper than c6in.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $3.94 a month.

At a glancec5n.largec6in.large
On-demand$0.108/hr5% less$0.1134/hr
Lowest rate$0.0353/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0295/hr16% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 5.25 GiB2 vCPUs, 4 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.

Optionc5n.largec6in.largec6in.large vs c5n.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.108$0.1134▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted67% off$0.035374% off$0.0295▼ 16%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.06837% off$0.0714▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$0.03964% off$0.0412▲ 6%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.07828% off$0.0822▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$0.04558% off$0.0474▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5n.large leads
On-demand price$0.108 vs $0.1134 per hour
5% cheaper
Memory (GiB)5.25 vs 4
31% higher
Where c6in.large leads
EBS max bandwidth25,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
5.3× higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3 GHz
17% higher
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 3 Gbps
4% higher

Specs

16 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differc5n.largec6in.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3 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
ECU10–
Memory1 of 1 differc5n.largec6in.large
Memory (GiB)5.254
Networking2 of 8 differc5n.largec6in.large
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25000 Megabit
Network baseline3 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage7 of 11 differc5n.largec6in.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3500 MbpsUp to 25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps1,562 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s195.313 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0006,250
EBS max IOPS20,000100,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differc5n.largec6in.large
Familyc5nc6in
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c5n.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5n.largec6in.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.108$0.1134▲ 5%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.108$0.1134▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.108$0.1134▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.108$0.1134▲ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.116$0.1218▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.118$0.1239▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.122$0.1281▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.122$0.1281▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.123$0.1291▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.124$0.1302▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.124$0.1302▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.128$0.1344▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.128$0.1344▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.129$0.1354▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.13$0.1365▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.13$0.1365▲ 5%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.134$0.1407▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.135$0.1417▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.136$0.1427▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.136$0.1428▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.141$0.148▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.143$0.1502▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.145$0.1525▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.166$0.1743▲ 5%

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