c5n.xlargevsc6in.xlarge

c5n.xlarge is 5% cheaper than c6in.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $7.88 a month.

At a glancec5n.xlargec6in.xlarge
On-demand$0.216/hr5% less$0.2268/hr
Lowest rate$0.078/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0492/hr37% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 10.5 GiB4 vCPUs, 8 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.xlargec6in.xlargec6in.xlarge vs c5n.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.216$0.2268▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted64% off$0.07878% off$0.0492▼ 37%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.13637% off$0.1429▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$0.07864% off$0.0824▲ 6%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.15728% off$0.1643▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$0.0958% off$0.0948▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5n.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.216 vs $0.2268 per hour
5% cheaper
Memory (GiB)10.5 vs 8
31% higher
Where c6in.xlarge leads
EBS max bandwidth25,000 Mbps vs 4,750 Mbps
5.3× higher
Network baseline6.25 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3 GHz
17% higher

Specs

17 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differc5n.xlargec6in.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
ECU20–
Memory1 of 1 differc5n.xlargec6in.xlarge
Memory (GiB)10.58
Networking3 of 8 differc5n.xlargec6in.xlarge
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 30000 Megabit
Network baseline5 Gbps6.25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage7 of 11 differc5n.xlargec6in.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3500 MbpsUp to 25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps3,125 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s390.625 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,00012,500
EBS max IOPS20,000100,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differc5n.xlargec6in.xlarge
Familyc5nc6in
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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 c5n.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5n.xlargec6in.xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.216$0.2268▲ 5%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.216$0.2268▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.216$0.2268▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.216$0.2268▲ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.232$0.2436▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.236$0.2478▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.244$0.2562▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.244$0.2562▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.246$0.2583▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.248$0.2604▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.248$0.2604▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.256$0.2688▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.256$0.2688▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.258$0.2709▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.26$0.273▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.26$0.273▲ 5%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.268$0.2814▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.27$0.2835▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.272$0.2854▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.272$0.2856▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.282$0.2961▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.286$0.3003▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.29$0.3049▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.332$0.3486▲ 5%

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