c6a.24xlargevsm6a.24xlarge

c6a.24xlarge is 11% cheaper than m6a.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $346.90 a month.

At a glancec6a.24xlargem6a.24xlarge
On-demand$3.672/hr11% less$4.147/hr
Lowest rate$1.00/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.9891/hr1% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 192 GiB96 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
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.

Optionc6a.24xlargem6a.24xlargem6a.24xlarge vs c6a.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.672$4.147▲ 13%
SpotCan be interrupted73% off$1.0076% off$0.9891▼ 1%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$2.42934% off$2.743▲ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$1.61755% off$1.881▲ 16%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.65427% off$3.047▲ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.77349% off$2.103▲ 19%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6a.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.672 vs $4.147 per hour
11% cheaper
Where m6a.24xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)384 vs 192
2× higher

Specs

3 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchc6a.24xlargem6a.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed3.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differc6a.24xlargem6a.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)192384
NetworkingAll 8 matchc6a.24xlargem6a.24xlarge
Network37500 Megabit37500 Megabit
Network baseline37.5 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Network peak37.5 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 11 matchc6a.24xlargem6a.24xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth30,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput3,750 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,750 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS120,000120,000
EBS max IOPS120,000120,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differc6a.24xlargem6a.24xlarge
Familyc6am6a
CategoryCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
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 c6a.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6a.24xlargem6a.24xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$2.244$2.666▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.244$2.666▲ 19%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.672$4.147▲ 13%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.672$4.147▲ 13%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.672$4.147▲ 13%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.94$4.622▲ 17%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.018$4.622▲ 15%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.19$4.968▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.234$5.184▲ 22%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.363$4.795▲ 10%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$4.579$4.838▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.622$5.357▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.795$5.184▲ 8%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.659$6.61▲ 17%

Keep exploring

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

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