C6A Compute Optimized

High-performance processors for compute-intensive applications.

Name:cCompute Optimizedc = Compute OptimizedOptimized for compute-bound applications that benefit from high-performance processors (web servers, batch processing, gaming servers, and video encoding).66th Generation6 = 6th GenerationAWS 6th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.aAMD EPYCa = AMD EPYCAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor (x86_64). Powered by AMD EPYC x86_64 processors, delivering high core counts and cost-effective compute performance.

Common use cases

  • Batch processing
  • Scientific modeling
  • Gaming servers
  • High-performance web servers

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Instance types (10)

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
c6a.large24 GBx86_64$0.0467
c6a.xlarge48 GBx86_64$0.0935
c6a.2xlarge816 GBx86_64$0.1870
c6a.4xlarge1632 GBx86_64$0.3740
c6a.8xlarge3264 GBx86_64$0.7480
c6a.12xlarge4896 GBx86_64$1.1220
c6a.16xlarge64128 GBx86_64$1.4960
c6a.24xlarge96192 GBx86_64$2.2440
c6a.32xlarge128256 GBx86_64$2.9920
c6a.48xlarge192384 GBx86_64$4.4880