c6in.12xlargevsr6in.12xlarge

c6in.12xlarge is 35% cheaper than r6in.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,067.48 a month.

At a glancec6in.12xlarger6in.12xlarge
On-demand$2.722/hr35% less$4.184/hr
Lowest rate$0.6065/hr38% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.9823/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 96 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel 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.

Optionc6in.12xlarger6in.12xlarger6in.12xlarge vs c6in.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.722$4.184▲ 54%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.606577% off$0.9823▲ 62%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.71537% off$2.636▲ 54%
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$0.988260% off$1.694▲ 71%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$1.97228% off$3.031▲ 54%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$1.13853% off$1.952▲ 72%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6in.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.722 vs $4.184 per hour
35% cheaper
Where r6in.12xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)384 vs 96
4× higher

Specs

4 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchc6in.12xlarger6in.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differc6in.12xlarger6in.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)96384
NetworkingAll 8 matchc6in.12xlarger6in.12xlarge
Network75000 Megabit75000 Megabit
Network baseline75 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak75 Gbps75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
StorageAll 11 matchc6in.12xlarger6in.12xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput37500 Mbps37500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth37,500 Mbps37,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth37,500 Mbps37,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput4,687.5 MB/s4,687.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput4,687.5 MB/s4,687.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS150,000150,000
EBS max IOPS150,000150,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details3 of 10 differc6in.12xlarger6in.12xlarge
Familyc6inr6in
CategoryCompute optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c6in.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6in.12xlarger6in.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.722$4.184▲ 54%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.722$4.184▲ 54%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.722$4.184▲ 54%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.923$4.465▲ 53%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.974$4.577▲ 54%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.074$4.689▲ 53%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.10$4.998▲ 61%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.125$4.998▲ 60%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$3.226$4.914▲ 52%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.276$5.026▲ 53%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.427$5.082▲ 48%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.553$5.082▲ 43%

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.