c4vsc4d

Size for size, c4d is on average 10% cheaper than c4 on demand in Iowa, across 36 shared sizes. Same size and generation on a different processor.

At a glance	c4	c4d
Sizes here	57	48
From	$0.0851/hr	$0.0759/hr
vCPUs	2 to 288	2 to 384
Memory	4 to 2232 GiB	3 to 3072 GiB
Architecture	x86_64	x86_64
Category	General purpose	General purpose

On-demand prices by size in Iowa

USD per hour for Linux. Pick a size to compare the two types.

Size	c4	c4d	c4d vs c4
highcpu-2	c4-highcpu-2 $0.0851	c4d-highcpu-2 $0.0759	▼ 11%
standard-2	c4-standard-2 $0.0969	c4d-standard-2 $0.0899	▼ 7%
highmem-2	c4-highmem-2 $0.1284	c4d-highmem-2 $0.1178	▼ 8%
highcpu-4	c4-highcpu-4 $0.1701	c4d-highcpu-4 $0.1553	▼ 9%
standard-4	c4-standard-4 $0.1977	c4d-standard-4 $0.1832	▼ 7%
highmem-4	c4-highmem-4 $0.2607	c4d-highmem-4 $0.2392	▼ 8%
highcpu-8	c4-highcpu-8 $0.3402	c4d-highcpu-8 $0.3141	▼ 8%
standard-8	c4-standard-8 $0.3953	c4d-standard-8 $0.37	▼ 6%
standard-8-lssd	c4-standard-8-lssd $0.4775	c4d-standard-8-lssd $0.4522	▼ 5%
highmem-8	c4-highmem-8 $0.5214	c4d-highmem-8 $0.4818	▼ 8%
highmem-8-lssd	c4-highmem-8-lssd $0.6035	c4d-highmem-8-lssd $0.564	▼ 7%
highcpu-16	c4-highcpu-16 $0.6804	c4d-highcpu-16 $0.6281	▼ 8%
standard-16	c4-standard-16 $0.7907	c4d-standard-16 $0.74	▼ 6%
standard-16-lssd	c4-standard-16-lssd $0.9551	c4d-standard-16-lssd $0.8222	▼ 14%
highmem-16	c4-highmem-16 $1.043	c4d-highmem-16 $0.9637	▼ 8%
highmem-16-lssd	c4-highmem-16-lssd $1.207	c4d-highmem-16-lssd $1.046	▼ 13%
highcpu-32	c4-highcpu-32 $1.361	c4d-highcpu-32 $1.256	▼ 8%
standard-32	c4-standard-32 $1.581	c4d-standard-32 $1.48	▼ 6%
standard-32-lssd	c4-standard-32-lssd $1.992	c4d-standard-32-lssd $1.644	▼ 17%
highmem-32	c4-highmem-32 $2.085	c4d-highmem-32 $1.927	▼ 8%
highmem-32-lssd	c4-highmem-32-lssd $2.496	c4d-highmem-32-lssd $2.092	▼ 16%
highcpu-48	c4-highcpu-48 $2.041	c4d-highcpu-48 $1.884	▼ 8%
standard-48	c4-standard-48 $2.372	c4d-standard-48 $2.22	▼ 6%
standard-48-lssd	c4-standard-48-lssd $3.03	c4d-standard-48-lssd $2.549	▼ 16%
highmem-48	c4-highmem-48 $3.128	c4d-highmem-48 $2.891	▼ 8%
highmem-48-lssd	c4-highmem-48-lssd $3.786	c4d-highmem-48-lssd $3.22	▼ 15%
highcpu-96	c4-highcpu-96 $4.082	c4d-highcpu-96 $3.769	▼ 8%
standard-96	c4-standard-96 $4.744	c4d-standard-96 $4.44	▼ 6%
standard-96-lssd	c4-standard-96-lssd $6.059	c4d-standard-96-lssd $5.097	▼ 16%
highmem-96	c4-highmem-96 $6.256	c4d-highmem-96 $5.782	▼ 8%
highmem-96-lssd	c4-highmem-96-lssd $7.571	c4d-highmem-96-lssd $6.44	▼ 15%
highcpu-192	c4-highcpu-192 $8.165	c4d-highcpu-192 $7.537	▼ 8%
standard-192	c4-standard-192 $9.488	c4d-standard-192 $8.88	▼ 6%
standard-192-lssd	c4-standard-192-lssd $12.118	c4d-standard-192-lssd $10.195	▼ 16%
highmem-192	c4-highmem-192 $12.512	c4d-highmem-192 $11.564	▼ 8%
highmem-192-lssd	c4-highmem-192-lssd $15.143	c4d-highmem-192-lssd $12.88	▼ 15%

Key differences

The biggest lead each family has.

Where c4 leads

Sizes57 sizes here vs 48

9 more

Where c4d leads

On-demand priceCheaper in 36 of 36 shared sizes

10% cheaper

Spot priceLower in 36 of 36 shared sizes

Cheaper spot

Largest size384 vCPUs vs 288

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