c5n.metalvsc6in.metal

c5n.metal is 46% cheaper than c6in.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,459.81 a month. Per vCPU, c5n.metal costs 5% less.

At a glancec5n.metalc6in.metal
On-demand$3.888/hr46% less$7.258/hr
Lowest rate$1.023/hr12% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.161/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size72 vCPUs, 192 GiB128 vCPUs, 256 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.metalc6in.metalc6in.metal vs c5n.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$3.888$7.258▲ 87%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$1.02384% off$1.161▲ 14%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.44937% off$4.572▲ 87%
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$1.41264% off$2.635▲ 87%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.81728% off$5.258▲ 87%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$1.62658% off$3.035▲ 87%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5n.metal leads
On-demand price$3.888 vs $7.258 per hour
46% cheaper
Where c6in.metal leads
EBS baseline bandwidth100,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
5.3× higher
Network baseline400 Gbps vs 100 Gbps
4× higher
vCPUs128 vs 72
78% higher
Memory (GiB)256 vs 192
33% higher

Specs

20 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 10 differc5n.metalc6in.metal
vCPUs72128
Physical cores3664
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
Memory1 of 1 differc5n.metalc6in.metal
Memory (GiB)192256
Networking5 of 9 differc5n.metalc6in.metal
Network100 Gigabit200000 Megabit
Network baseline100 Gbps400 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps400 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1516
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Network cards–2
Storage7 of 11 differc5n.metalc6in.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput14000 Mbps100000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000400,000
EBS max IOPS80,000400,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details2 of 9 differc5n.metalc6in.metal
Familyc5nc6in
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor144256
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionc5n.metalc6in.metalDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.888$7.258▲ 87%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.888$7.258▲ 87%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.888$7.258▲ 87%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.888$7.258▲ 87%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.176$7.795▲ 87%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.248$7.93▲ 87%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.392$8.198▲ 87%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.392$8.198▲ 87%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.428$8.266▲ 87%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$4.464$8.333▲ 87%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.464$8.333▲ 87%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.608$8.602▲ 87%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.608$8.602▲ 87%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.644$8.669▲ 87%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$4.68$8.736▲ 87%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.68$8.736▲ 87%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$4.824$9.005▲ 87%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$4.86$9.072▲ 87%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$4.896$9.133▲ 87%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.896$9.139▲ 87%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.076$9.475▲ 87%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$5.148$9.61▲ 87%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$5.227$9.757▲ 87%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.976$11.155▲ 87%

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