c6in.largevsm6in.large

c6in.large is 19% cheaper than m6in.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $18.83 a month.

At a glancec6in.largem6in.large
On-demand$0.1134/hr19% less$0.1392/hr
Lowest rate$0.0295/hr28% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0407/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 4 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 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.largem6in.largem6in.large vs c6in.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1134$0.1392▲ 23%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$0.029571% off$0.0407▲ 38%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.071437% off$0.0877▲ 23%
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$0.041261% off$0.0537▲ 30%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.082227% off$0.1016▲ 24%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$0.047456% off$0.0617▲ 30%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6in.large leads
On-demand price$0.1134 vs $0.1392 per hour
19% cheaper
Where m6in.large leads
Memory (GiB)8 vs 4
2× higher

Specs

3 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchc6in.largem6in.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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.largem6in.large
Memory (GiB)48
NetworkingAll 8 matchc6in.largem6in.large
NetworkUp to 25000 MegabitUp to 25000 Megabit
Network baseline3.125 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
StorageAll 11 matchc6in.largem6in.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 25000 MbpsUp to 25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,562 Mbps1,562 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth25,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput195.313 MB/s195.313 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,125 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,2506,250
EBS max IOPS100,000100,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differc6in.largem6in.large
Familyc6inm6in
CategoryCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
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 c6in.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6in.largem6in.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.1133$0.1465▲ 29%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.1134$0.1451▲ 28%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1134$0.1392▲ 23%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1134$0.1392▲ 23%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1134$0.1392▲ 23%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.1218$0.148▲ 22%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.1239$0.1552▲ 25%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.128$0.1552▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.1281$0.1685▲ 32%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.1281$0.1556▲ 21%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.1291$0.165▲ 28%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.1302$0.1708▲ 31%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.1344$0.161▲ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.1365$0.1743▲ 28%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.1417$0.1624▲ 15%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.1423$0.1835▲ 29%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.1428$0.179▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.148$0.1755▲ 19%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.1743$0.2219▲ 27%

Keep exploring

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

c6in.largeCompute optimized, c6in family
c6in.large prices and specsEvery size in the c6in family

Compare c6in.large with

c6i.largec6gn.larger6in.largec5n.largec8in.large
m6in.largeGeneral purpose, m6in family
m6in.large prices and specsEvery size in the m6in family

Compare m6in.large with

m6i.larget3.larger6in.larget2.largem5n.largem8in.large

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