c6gn.12xlargevsc7gn.12xlarge

c6gn.12xlarge is 31% cheaper than c7gn.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $672.77 a month.

At a glancec6gn.12xlargec7gn.12xlarge
On-demand$2.074/hr31% less$2.995/hr
Lowest rate$0.6382/hr18% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.7828/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 96 GiB48 vCPUs, 96 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc6gn.12xlargec7gn.12xlargec7gn.12xlarge vs c6gn.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.074$2.995▲ 44%
SpotCan be interrupted69% off$0.638274% off$0.7828▲ 23%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.30937% off$1.887▲ 44%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.890264% off$1.087▲ 22%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment24% off$1.57128% off$2.17▲ 38%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$1.06858% off$1.252▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6gn.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.074 vs $2.995 per hour
31% cheaper
EBS baseline IOPS120,000 vs 100,000
20% higher
Where c7gn.12xlarge leads
Network baseline150 Gbps vs 75 Gbps
2× higher
EBS max bandwidth30,000 Mbps vs 28,500 Mbps
5% higher
Clock speed2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

14 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differc6gn.12xlargec7gn.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc6gn.12xlargec7gn.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)9696
Networking3 of 8 differc6gn.12xlargec7gn.12xlarge
Network75 Gigabit150 Gigabit
Network baseline75 Gbps150 Gbps
Network peak75 Gbps150 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage6 of 11 differc6gn.12xlargec7gn.12xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput28500 Mbps30000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth28,500 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth28,500 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput3,562.5 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,562.5 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS120,000100,000
EBS max IOPS120,000120,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differc6gn.12xlargec7gn.12xlarge
Familyc6gnc7gn
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c6gn.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6gn.12xlargec7gn.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.074$2.995▲ 44%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.074$2.995▲ 44%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.074$2.995▲ 44%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.342$3.384▲ 44%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.46$3.552▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.616$3.778▲ 44%

Keep exploring

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

c6gn.12xlargeCompute optimized, c6gn family
c6gn.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c6gn family

Compare c6gn.12xlarge with

c6g.12xlargec6in.12xlarge
c7gn.12xlargeCompute optimized, c7gn family
c7gn.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c7gn family

Compare c7gn.12xlarge with

c7g.12xlargec8gn.12xlarge

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