c7a.xlargevsc7i.xlarge

c7i.xlarge is 13% cheaper than c7a.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $19.56 a month.

At a glancec7a.xlargec7i.xlarge
On-demand$0.2053/hr$0.1785/hr13% less
Lowest rate$0.0784/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0453/hr42% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 8 GiB4 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
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.

Optionc7a.xlargec7i.xlargec7i.xlarge vs c7a.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.2053$0.1785▼ 13%
SpotCan be interrupted62% off$0.078475% off$0.0453▼ 42%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.135834% off$0.1181▼ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.090456% off$0.0786▼ 13%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.148428% off$0.129▼ 13%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.099152% off$0.0862▼ 13%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7a.xlarge leads
Physical cores4 vs 2
2× higher
Where c7i.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.1785 vs $0.2053 per hour
13% cheaper

Specs

8 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 10 differc7a.xlargec7i.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores42
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speedUp to 3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Sustained clock3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc7a.xlargec7i.xlarge
Memory (GiB)88
NetworkingAll 8 matchc7a.xlargec7i.xlarge
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline1.562 Gbps1.562 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
StorageAll 11 matchc7a.xlargec7i.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differc7a.xlargec7i.xlarge
Familyc7ac7i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c7a.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7a.xlargec7i.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.2053$0.1785▼ 13%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.2053$0.1785▼ 13%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.2053$0.1785▼ 13%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.2198$0.1911▼ 13%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.2202$0.1915▼ 13%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.2202$0.1915▼ 13%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.2343$0.2037▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.2367$0.2058▼ 13%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.2439$0.2121▼ 13%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.256$0.2226▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.2584$0.2247▼ 13%

Keep exploring

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

c7a.xlargeCompute optimized, c7a family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.