c5n.xlargevsr5n.xlarge

c5n.xlarge is 28% cheaper than r5n.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $59.86 a month.

At a glancec5n.xlarger5n.xlarge
On-demand$0.216/hr28% less$0.298/hr
Lowest rate$0.078/hr22% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0996/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 10.5 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade 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.xlarger5n.xlarger5n.xlarge vs c5n.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.216$0.298▲ 38%
SpotCan be interrupted64% off$0.07867% off$0.0996▲ 28%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.13637% off$0.188▲ 38%
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$0.07859% off$0.121▲ 55%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.15728% off$0.216▲ 38%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$0.0953% off$0.139▲ 54%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5n.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.216 vs $0.298 per hour
28% cheaper
Network baseline5 Gbps vs 4.1 Gbps
22% higher
Clock speed3 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
20% higher
EBS max IOPS20,000 vs 18,750
7% higher
Where r5n.xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)32 vs 10.5
3× higher

Specs

10 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differc5n.xlarger5n.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU20–
Memory1 of 1 differc5n.xlarger5n.xlarge
Memory (GiB)10.532
Networking1 of 8 differc5n.xlarger5n.xlarge
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline5 Gbps4.1 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage2 of 11 differc5n.xlarger5n.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3500 MbpsUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps1,150 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s143.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS20,00018,750
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differc5n.xlarger5n.xlarge
Familyc5nr5n
CategoryCompute optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionc5n.xlarger5n.xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.216$0.306▲ 42%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.216$0.298▲ 38%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.216$0.298▲ 38%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.216$0.298▲ 38%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.232$0.318▲ 37%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.236$0.326▲ 38%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.244$0.356▲ 46%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.244$0.334▲ 37%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.246$0.356▲ 45%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.248$0.356▲ 44%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.256$0.35▲ 37%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.256$0.35▲ 37%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.258$0.35▲ 36%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.26$0.358▲ 38%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.26$0.358▲ 38%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.27$0.338▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.272$0.362▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.282$0.362▲ 28%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.286$0.404▲ 41%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.29$0.397▲ 37%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.332$0.472▲ 42%

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