c6gn.mediumvsc7gn.medium

c6gn.medium is 31% cheaper than c7gn.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $14.02 a month.

At a glancec6gn.mediumc7gn.medium
On-demand$0.0432/hr31% less$0.0624/hr
Lowest rate$0.0082/hr34% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0124/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size1 vCPUs, 2 GiB1 vCPUs, 2 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.mediumc7gn.mediumc7gn.medium vs c6gn.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0432$0.0624▲ 44%
SpotCan be interrupted81% off$0.008280% off$0.0124▲ 51%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.027337% off$0.0393▲ 44%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.018664% off$0.0226▲ 22%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment24% off$0.032728% off$0.0452▲ 38%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.022358% off$0.0261▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6gn.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0432 vs $0.0624 per hour
31% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth760 Mbps vs 521 Mbps
46% higher
Where c7gn.medium leads
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 1.6 Gbps
95% higher
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 9,500 Mbps
5% higher
Clock speed2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

12 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differc6gn.mediumc7gn.medium
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
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.mediumc7gn.medium
Memory (GiB)22
Networking2 of 8 differc6gn.mediumc7gn.medium
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline1.6 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak16 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface44
Storage6 of 11 differc6gn.mediumc7gn.medium
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 9500 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth760 Mbps521 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput95 MB/s65.125 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5002,083
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differc6gn.mediumc7gn.medium
Familyc6gnc7gn
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor22
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c6gn.medium first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6gn.mediumc7gn.mediumDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0432$0.0624▲ 44%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0432$0.0624▲ 44%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0432$0.0624▲ 44%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0488$0.0705▲ 44%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0513$0.074▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0545$0.0787▲ 44%

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.