AWS Amazon EC2

c5n.4xlarge

Part of the C5N Compute Optimized family — High-performance processors for compute-intensive applications.

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On-demand, Linux

$0.8640/ hr

~$630.72/mo · lowest in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), ap-south-1

Savings Plan, Linux

$0.3610/ hr

From, with a 3-year Compute Savings Plan, No Upfront: −58% vs on-demand rate (us-east-1)

Per unit

$0.0540/ vCPU-hr

$0.0206/GB-hr

Compute

16vCPUs

8 cores • x86_64

Memory

42GB

2.6 GB / vCPU

Network

Up to 25 Gbps

Baseline: 15 Gbps

Storage & EBS

593.75MB/s

Max: 20,000 IOPS

Alternatives to c5n.4xlarge

Option	Price vs c5n.4xlarge	Why look at it
c6in.4xlarge Compare →	+5%+$0.0432/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Newer generation, 32 GiB RAM instead of 42, same vCPU
c6gn.4xlarge Compare →	-20%-$0.173/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Graviton (arm64), newer generation, 32 GiB RAM instead of 42, same vCPU
c7gn.4xlarge Compare →	+16%+$0.134/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Graviton (arm64), newer generation, 32 GiB RAM instead of 42, same vCPU

On Google Cloud

The nearest Google Cloud machines to c5n.4xlarge by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east-1 ↔ us-east4).

Machine	Size	On-demand Linux	vs c5n.4xlarge
c5n.4xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-1	16 vCPU · 42 GiB	$0.8640/hr	—
c3-highcpu-2222 vCPU and 44 GiB for 16 vCPU and 42 GiB, the nearest size up; Intel on both; 8 physical cores vs 11	22 vCPU · 44 GiB	$0.935572/hr	8.3% more
c4-standard-1616 vCPU and 60 GiB for 16 vCPU and 42 GiB, the nearest size up; Intel on both	16 vCPU · 60 GiB	$0.79068/hr	8.5% less
n1-standard-1616 vCPU and 60 GiB for 16 vCPU and 42 GiB, the nearest size up; Intel on both	16 vCPU · 60 GiB	$0.85594/hr	0.9% 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 8124M

Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)

vCPUs / Threads16 vCPUs

Physical Cores8

Clock Speed3 GHz

Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported

Intel Turbo BoostYes

Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score253,425

CoreMark / vCPU15,839.1 / core

FFmpeg Transcoding92 FPS

CoreMark per Dollar293,316 score / $

Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0540

Cost per GB-hr$0.0206

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 PerformanceUp to 25 Gbps

Baseline Bandwidth15 Gbps

Burst / Peak Bandwidth25 Gbps

Enhanced NetworkingYes

EFA SupportNo

IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only

Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)

EBS Baseline Throughput593.75 MB/s

EBS Max Throughput593.75 MB/s

EBS Baseline IOPS20,000

EBS Max / Burst IOPS20,000

Dedicated EBS Throughput3500 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)

Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)

Normalization Factor32

Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)

Rates by region

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions

Lowest Price Region

$0.8640/ hr

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

Highest Price Region

$1.3280/ hr

South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)

Global Fleet Average

$1.0208/ hr

Across all active regions

Regional Coverage

24regions

Available worldwide

Linux — Available in all 24 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
af-south-1 Africa (Cape Town)	$1.1620
ap-east-1 Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	$1.1440
ap-southeast-3 Asia Pacific (Jakarta)	$0.9920
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Lowest	$0.8640
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka)	$1.0880
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$0.9760
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$0.9920
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$1.1280
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$1.0880
us-gov-east-1 AWS GovCloud (US-East)	$1.0400
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$1.0400
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$0.9440
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$0.9840
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$0.9760
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$1.0240
eu-south-1 EU (Milan)	$1.0320
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$1.0240
eu-north-1 EU (Stockholm)	$0.9280
me-south-1 Middle East (Bahrain)	$1.0720
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo) Highest	$1.3280
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$0.8640
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$0.8640
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$1.0800
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$0.8640

Windows — Available in all 24 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
af-south-1 Africa (Cape Town)	$1.8980
ap-east-1 Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	$1.8800
ap-southeast-3 Asia Pacific (Jakarta)	$1.7280
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Lowest	$1.6000
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka)	$1.8240
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$1.7120
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$1.7280
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$1.8640
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$1.8240
us-gov-east-1 AWS GovCloud (US-East)	$1.7760
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$1.7760
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$1.6800
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$1.7200
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$1.7120
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$1.7600
eu-south-1 EU (Milan)	$1.7680
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$1.7600
eu-north-1 EU (Stockholm)	$1.6640
me-south-1 Middle East (Bahrain)	$1.8080
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo) Highest	$2.0640
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$1.6000
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$1.6000
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$1.8160
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$1.6000

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 c5n.4xlarge on Linux is 42% of the on-demand rate, so the instance has to run at least 42% 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.