AWS Amazon EC2

c5.12xlarge

Part of the C5 Compute Optimized family — High-performance processors for compute-intensive applications.

Name:cCompute Optimized55th Generation12xlarge12 Extra Large

On-demand, Linux

$2.0400/ hr

~$1,489.20/mo · lowest in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), ap-south-2

Savings Plan, Linux

$0.9850/ hr

From, with a 3-year Compute Savings Plan, No Upfront: −52% vs on-demand rate (us-east-1)

Per unit

$0.0425/ vCPU-hr

$0.0213/GB-hr

Compute

48vCPUs

24 cores • x86_64

Memory

96GB

2.0 GB / vCPU

Network

12 Gbps

Baseline: 12 Gbps

Storage & EBS

1,187.5MB/s

Max: 40,000 IOPS

Alternatives to c5.12xlarge

Option	Price vs c5.12xlarge	Why look at it
c6i.12xlarge Compare →	same price Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Newer generation, same vCPU and RAM
c7i.12xlarge Compare →	+5%+$0.102/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Newer generation, same vCPU and RAM
c7g.12xlarge Compare →	-15%-$0.30/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Graviton (arm64), newer generation, same vCPU and RAM

On Google Cloud

The nearest Google Cloud machines to c5.12xlarge by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east-1 ↔ us-east4).

Machine	Size	On-demand Linux	vs c5.12xlarge
c5.12xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-1	48 vCPU · 96 GiB	$2.0400/hr	—
n4-highcpu-48same 48 vCPU and 96 GiB; Intel on both	48 vCPU · 96 GiB	$1.83696/hr	10.0% less
c4-highcpu-48same 48 vCPU and 96 GiB; Intel on both	48 vCPU · 96 GiB	$2.041248/hr	0.1% more
n4d-highcpu-48same 48 vCPU and 96 GiB; Intel vs AMD	48 vCPU · 96 GiB	$1.71504/hr	16% less

Matched on vCPU and memory, then CPU vendor, then rate; a larger size is offered only when nothing is the same size. On-demand Linux only: Spot and commitments work differently on the two clouds, so they aren't compared here.

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275L

Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)

vCPUs / Threads48 vCPUs

Physical Cores24

Clock Speed3.4 GHz

Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported

Intel Turbo BoostYes

Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score789,311

CoreMark / vCPU16,444 / core

FFmpeg Transcoding178 FPS

CoreMark per Dollar386,917 score / $

Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0425

Cost per GB-hr$0.0213

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods

Max ENIs8

IPv4/v6 per ENI30

Total Addressable IPs240 total IPs

CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance12 Gbps

Baseline Bandwidth12 Gbps

Burst / Peak Bandwidth12 Gbps

Enhanced NetworkingYes

EFA SupportNo

IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only

Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)

EBS Baseline Throughput1187.5 MB/s

EBS Max Throughput1187.5 MB/s

EBS Baseline IOPS40,000

EBS Max / Burst IOPS40,000

Dedicated EBS Throughput7000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)

Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)

Normalization Factor96

Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)

Rates by region

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions

Lowest Price Region

$2.0400/ hr

Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)

Highest Price Region

$3.9300/ hr

Peru (Lima) (us-east-1-lim-1)

Global Fleet Average

$2.6511/ hr

Across all active regions

Regional Coverage

49regions

Available worldwide

Linux — Available in all 49 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
af-south-1 Africa (Cape Town)	$2.7360
us-east-1-bue-1 Argentina (Buenos Aires)	$3.6160
ap-east-1 Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	$2.5920
ap-south-2 Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Lowest	$2.0400
ap-southeast-3 Asia Pacific (Jakarta)	$2.3520
ap-southeast-4 Asia Pacific (Melbourne)	$2.6640
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Lowest	$2.0400
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka)	$2.5680
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$2.3040
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$2.3520
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$2.6640
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$2.5680
ap-southeast-2-per-1 Australia (Perth)	$3.5960
us-gov-east-1 AWS GovCloud (US-East)	$2.4480
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$2.4480
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$2.2320
ca-west-1 Canada West (Calgary)	$2.2320
us-east-1-scl-1 Chile (Santiago)	$3.3010
eu-north-1-cph-1 Denmark (Copenhagen)	$2.9480
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$2.3280
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$2.3040
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$2.4240
eu-south-1 EU (Milan)	$2.4240
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$2.4240
eu-north-1 EU (Stockholm)	$2.1840
eu-south-2 Europe (Spain)	$2.3040
eu-central-2 Europe (Zurich)	$2.5610
eu-north-1-hel-1 Finland (Helsinki)	$2.5120
eu-central-1-ham-1 Germany (Hamburg)	$3.1430
ap-south-1-del-1 India (Delhi)	$2.7540
ap-south-1-ccu-1 India (Kolkata)	$2.7540
il-central-1 Israel (Tel Aviv)	$2.4190
us-east-1-qro-1 Mexico (Queretaro)	$2.7540
me-south-1 Middle East (Bahrain)	$2.5340
me-central-1 Middle East (UAE)	$2.5340
ap-southeast-2-akl-1 New Zealand (Auckland)	$3.5960
af-south-1-los-1 Nigeria (Lagos)	$3.1460
me-south-1-mct-1 Oman (Muscat)	$2.9150
us-east-1-lim-1 Peru (Lima) Highest	$3.9300
ap-southeast-1-mnl-1 Philippines (Manila)	$2.8220
eu-central-1-waw-1 Poland (Warsaw)	$2.6770
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo)	$3.1440
ap-northeast-1-tpe-1 Taiwan (Taipei)	$3.2100
ap-southeast-1-bkk-1 Thailand (Bangkok)	$3.2930
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$2.0400
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$2.0400
us-west-2-lax-1 US West (Los Angeles)	$2.4480
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$2.5440
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$2.0400

Windows — Available in all 49 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
af-south-1 Africa (Cape Town)	$4.9440
us-east-1-bue-1 Argentina (Buenos Aires)	$5.8240
ap-east-1 Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	$4.8000
ap-south-2 Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Lowest	$4.2480
ap-southeast-3 Asia Pacific (Jakarta)	$4.5600
ap-southeast-4 Asia Pacific (Melbourne)	$4.8720
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Lowest	$4.2480
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka)	$4.7760
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$4.5120
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$4.5600
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$4.8720
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$4.7760
ap-southeast-2-per-1 Australia (Perth)	$5.8040
us-gov-east-1 AWS GovCloud (US-East)	$4.6560
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$4.6560
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$4.4400
ca-west-1 Canada West (Calgary)	$4.4400
us-east-1-scl-1 Chile (Santiago)	$5.5090
eu-north-1-cph-1 Denmark (Copenhagen)	$5.1560
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$4.5360
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$4.5120
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$4.6320
eu-south-1 EU (Milan)	$4.6320
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$4.6320
eu-north-1 EU (Stockholm)	$4.3920
eu-south-2 Europe (Spain)	$4.5120
eu-central-2 Europe (Zurich)	$4.7690
eu-north-1-hel-1 Finland (Helsinki)	$4.7200
eu-central-1-ham-1 Germany (Hamburg)	$5.3510
ap-south-1-del-1 India (Delhi)	$4.9620
ap-south-1-ccu-1 India (Kolkata)	$4.9620
il-central-1 Israel (Tel Aviv)	$4.6270
us-east-1-qro-1 Mexico (Queretaro)	$4.9620
me-south-1 Middle East (Bahrain)	$4.7420
me-central-1 Middle East (UAE)	$4.7420
ap-southeast-2-akl-1 New Zealand (Auckland)	$5.8040
af-south-1-los-1 Nigeria (Lagos)	$5.3540
me-south-1-mct-1 Oman (Muscat)	$5.1230
us-east-1-lim-1 Peru (Lima) Highest	$6.1380
ap-southeast-1-mnl-1 Philippines (Manila)	$5.0300
eu-central-1-waw-1 Poland (Warsaw)	$4.8850
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo)	$5.3520
ap-northeast-1-tpe-1 Taiwan (Taipei)	$5.4180
ap-southeast-1-bkk-1 Thailand (Bangkok)	$5.5010
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$4.2480
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$4.2480
us-west-2-lax-1 US West (Los Angeles)	$4.6560
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$4.7520
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$4.2480

Savings Plans: what to know

A Savings Plan commits you to a dollar amount per hour of spend for one or three years, not to an instance: usage up to that amount is billed at the plan's rates and the rest at on-demand, and unused commitment is still billed.
A Compute Savings Plan follows your usage across instance families, sizes, regions and operating systems; an EC2 Instance Savings Plan is locked to one family in one region in exchange for a lower rate (what that flexibility costs).
In US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), the 3-year Compute Savings Plan rate (No Upfront) for c5.12xlarge on Linux is 48% of the on-demand rate, so the instance has to run at least 48% of the hours for the commitment to cost less than on-demand.
On Windows a plan discounts only the compute part of the rate: the Windows license part costs the same as on demand, so the percentage off is smaller than on Linux.
Rates are AWS's effective hourly rate for each payment option; All Upfront pays the whole term's commitment at purchase, which is why its hourly rate is lower; Partial Upfront (at least half up front) isn't shown on this page. The Savings Plans calculator has all three and sizes a commitment for this instance or a mix of them. How AWS applies a plan each hour: how Compute Savings Plans decide what they cover. Sizing one for elastic workloads: managing Compute Savings Plans.