c6a.largevsc6i.large

c6a.large is 10% cheaper than c6i.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $6.21 a month.

At a glancec6a.largec6i.large
On-demand$0.0765/hr10% less$0.085/hr
Lowest rate$0.0288/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0269/hr7% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 4 GiB2 vCPUs, 4 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel 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.

Optionc6a.largec6i.largec6i.large vs c6a.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0765$0.085▲ 11%
SpotCan be interrupted62% off$0.028868% off$0.0269▼ 7%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.050634% off$0.0562▲ 11%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.033756% off$0.0374▲ 11%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.055328% off$0.0614▲ 11%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.036952% off$0.041▲ 11%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6a.large leads
On-demand price$0.0765 vs $0.085 per hour
10% cheaper
Clock speed3.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
3% higher
Where c6i.large leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

7 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 10 differc6a.largec6i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc6a.largec6i.large
Memory (GiB)44
NetworkingAll 8 matchc6a.largec6i.large
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.781 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage1 of 11 differc6a.largec6i.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 6667 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differc6a.largec6i.large
Familyc6ac6i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c6a.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6a.largec6i.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.0468$0.085▲ 82%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0468$0.085▲ 82%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0765$0.085▲ 11%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0765$0.085▲ 11%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0765$0.085▲ 11%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0821$0.0912▲ 11%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.0837$0.093▲ 11%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.0873$0.097▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.0882$0.098▲ 11%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0909$0.101▲ 11%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.0954$0.106▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0963$0.107▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.0972$0.108▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.0999$0.111▲ 11%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.1179$0.131▲ 11%

Keep exploring

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

c6a.largeCompute optimized, c6a family
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c6i.largeCompute optimized, c6i family
c6i.large prices and specsEvery size in the c6i family

Compare c6i.large with

c6g.largec6in.largem6i.larger6i.largec6id.largec5.largec7i.large

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