c6in.metalvsr6in.metal

c6in.metal is 35% cheaper than r6in.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,846.63 a month.

At a glancec6in.metalr6in.metal
On-demand$7.258/hr35% less$11.157/hr
Lowest rate$1.161/hr4% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.209/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size128 vCPUs, 256 GiB128 vCPUs, 1024 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.metalr6in.metalr6in.metal vs c6in.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$7.258$11.157▲ 54%
SpotCan be interrupted84% off$1.16189% off$1.209▲ 4%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$4.57237% off$7.029▲ 54%
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$2.63560% off$4.517▲ 71%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$5.25828% off$8.083▲ 54%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$3.03553% off$5.205▲ 72%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6in.metal leads
On-demand price$7.258 vs $11.157 per hour
35% cheaper
Where r6in.metal leads
Memory (GiB)1,024 vs 256
4× higher

Specs

3 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchc6in.metalr6in.metal
vCPUs128128
Physical cores6464
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.metalr6in.metal
Memory (GiB)2561,024
NetworkingAll 9 matchc6in.metalr6in.metal
Network200000 Megabit200000 Megabit
Network baseline400 Gbps400 Gbps
Network peak400 Gbps400 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1616
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Network cards22
StorageAll 11 matchc6in.metalr6in.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput100000 Mbps100000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth100,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth100,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput12,500 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput12,500 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS400,000400,000
EBS max IOPS400,000400,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details2 of 9 differc6in.metalr6in.metal
Familyc6inr6in
CategoryCompute optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor256256
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c6in.metal first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6in.metalr6in.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.258$11.157▲ 54%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.258$11.157▲ 54%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.258$11.157▲ 54%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$7.795$11.906▲ 53%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$7.93$12.205▲ 54%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.198$12.505▲ 53%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$8.266$13.329▲ 61%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.333$13.329▲ 60%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$8.602$13.104▲ 52%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$8.736$13.403▲ 53%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$9.139$13.553▲ 48%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$9.475$13.553▲ 43%

Keep exploring

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

c6in.metalCompute optimized, c6in family
c6in.metal prices and specsEvery size in the c6in family

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r6in.metalMemory optimized, r6in family
r6in.metal prices and specsEvery size in the r6in family

Compare r6in.metal with

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