AWS Amazon EC2

c6i.xlarge

Part of the C6I Compute Optimized family — High-performance processors for compute-intensive applications.

Name:cCompute Optimized66th GenerationiIntel Xeon ScalablexlargeExtra Large (1x)

On-demand, Linux

$0.1666/ hr

~$121.62/mo · lowest in Asia Pacific (Malaysia), ap-southeast-5

Savings Plan, Linux

$0.08208/ hr

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

Per unit

$0.0416/ vCPU-hr

$0.0208/GB-hr

Compute

4vCPUs

2 cores • x86_64

Memory

8GB

2.0 GB / vCPU

Network

Up to 12.5 Gbps

Baseline: 1.562 Gbps

Storage & EBS

1,250MB/s

Max: 40,000 IOPS

Alternatives to c6i.xlarge

Option	Price vs c6i.xlarge	Why look at it
c6a.xlarge Compare →	-10%-$0.017/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	AMD (x86_64), same vCPU and RAM
c6g.xlarge Compare →	-20%-$0.034/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Graviton (arm64), same vCPU and RAM
c5.xlarge Compare →	same price Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Previous generation, same vCPU and RAM
c7i.xlarge Compare →	+5%+$0.0085/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Newer generation, same vCPU and RAM

On Google Cloud

The nearest Google Cloud machines to c6i.xlarge by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east-1 ↔ us-east4).

Machine	Size	On-demand Linux	vs c6i.xlarge
c6i.xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-1	4 vCPU · 8 GiB	$0.1700/hr	—
n4-highcpu-4same 4 vCPU and 8 GiB; Intel on both	4 vCPU · 8 GiB	$0.15308/hr	10.0% less
c3-highcpu-4same 4 vCPU and 8 GiB; Intel on both	4 vCPU · 8 GiB	$0.170104/hr	0.1% more
c4-highcpu-4same 4 vCPU and 8 GiB; Intel on both	4 vCPU · 8 GiB	$0.170104/hr	0.1% more

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 8375C (Ice Lake)

Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)

vCPUs / Threads4 vCPUs

Physical Cores2

Clock Speed3.5 GHz

Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported

Intel Turbo BoostYes

Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score70,311

CoreMark / vCPU17,577.8 / core

FFmpeg Transcoding27 FPS

CoreMark per Dollar422,035 score / $

Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0416

Cost per GB-hr$0.0208

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods58 pods

Max ENIs4

IPv4/v6 per ENI15

Total Addressable IPs60 total IPs

CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 12.5 Gbps

Baseline Bandwidth1.562 Gbps

Burst / Peak Bandwidth12.5 Gbps

Enhanced NetworkingYes

EFA SupportNo

IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only

Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)

EBS Baseline Throughput156.25 MB/s

EBS Max Throughput1250 MB/s

EBS Baseline IOPS6,000

EBS Max / Burst IOPS40,000

Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 10000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)

Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)

Normalization Factor8

Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)

Rates by region

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions

Lowest Price Region

$0.1666/ hr

Asia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)

Highest Price Region

$0.2620/ hr

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

Global Fleet Average

$0.1988/ hr

Across all active regions

Regional Coverage

37regions

Available worldwide

Linux — Available in all 37 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
af-south-1 Africa (Cape Town)	$0.2280
ap-east-1 Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	$0.2160
ap-south-2 Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	$0.1700
ap-southeast-5 Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Lowest	$0.1666
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	$0.1700
ap-southeast-6 Asia Pacific (New Zealand)	$0.2331
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka)	$0.2140
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$0.1920
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$0.1960
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$0.2220
ap-east-2 Asia Pacific (Taipei)	$0.1926
ap-southeast-7 Asia Pacific (Thailand) Lowest	$0.1666
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$0.2140
us-gov-east-1 AWS GovCloud (US-East)	$0.2040
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$0.2040
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$0.1860
ca-west-1 Canada West (Calgary)	$0.1860
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$0.1940
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$0.1824
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$0.2020
eu-south-1 EU (Milan)	$0.2020
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$0.2020
eu-north-1 EU (Stockholm)	$0.1820
il-central-1 Israel (Tel Aviv)	$0.1915
mx-central-1 Mexico (Central)	$0.1785
me-south-1 Middle East (Bahrain)	$0.2112
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo) Highest	$0.2620
us-east-1-atl-1 US East (Atlanta)	$0.2125
us-east-1-chi-1 US East (Chicago)	$0.2125
us-east-1-dfw-1 US East (Dallas)	$0.2125
us-east-1-iah-1 US East (Houston)	$0.2125
us-east-1-mia-1 US East (Miami)	$0.2125
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia)	$0.1700
us-east-2 US East (Ohio)	$0.1700
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$0.2120
us-west-2 US West (Oregon)	$0.1700
us-west-2-phx-1 US West (Phoenix)	$0.2040

Windows — Available in all 37 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
af-south-1 Africa (Cape Town)	$0.4120
ap-east-1 Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	$0.4000
ap-south-2 Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	$0.3540
ap-southeast-5 Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Lowest	$0.3506
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	$0.3540
ap-southeast-6 Asia Pacific (New Zealand)	$0.4171
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka)	$0.3980
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$0.3760
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$0.3800
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$0.4060
ap-east-2 Asia Pacific (Taipei)	$0.3766
ap-southeast-7 Asia Pacific (Thailand) Lowest	$0.3506
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$0.3980
us-gov-east-1 AWS GovCloud (US-East)	$0.3880
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$0.3880
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$0.3700
ca-west-1 Canada West (Calgary)	$0.3700
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$0.3780
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$0.3664
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$0.3860
eu-south-1 EU (Milan)	$0.3860
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$0.3860
eu-north-1 EU (Stockholm)	$0.3660
il-central-1 Israel (Tel Aviv)	$0.3755
mx-central-1 Mexico (Central)	$0.3625
me-south-1 Middle East (Bahrain)	$0.3952
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo) Highest	$0.4460
us-east-1-atl-1 US East (Atlanta)	$0.3965
us-east-1-chi-1 US East (Chicago)	$0.3965
us-east-1-dfw-1 US East (Dallas)	$0.3965
us-east-1-iah-1 US East (Houston)	$0.3965
us-east-1-mia-1 US East (Miami)	$0.3965
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia)	$0.3540
us-east-2 US East (Ohio)	$0.3540
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$0.3960
us-west-2 US West (Oregon)	$0.3540
us-west-2-phx-1 US West (Phoenix)	$0.3880

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 c6i.xlarge 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.