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c5 EC2 instance family

Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M at 3.6 GHz, x86_64, 2 to 96 vCPUs, 4 to 192 GiB

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c5 prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
c5.large2 vCPU, 4 GiB 2 4 GiB $0.00850 $0.0850 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00425
c5.xlarge4 vCPU, 8 GiB 4 8 GiB $0.0196 $0.1960 ap-southeast-3 of 29 $0.00490
c5.2xlarge8 vCPU, 16 GiB 8 16 GiB $0.0392 $0.3920 ap-southeast-3 of 29 $0.00490
c5.4xlarge16 vCPU, 32 GiB 16 32 GiB $0.0680 $0.6800 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00425
c5.9xlarge36 vCPU, 72 GiB 36 72 GiB $0.1530 $1.530 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00425
c5.12xlarge48 vCPU, 96 GiB 48 96 GiB $0.2040 $2.040 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00425
c5.18xlarge72 vCPU, 144 GiB 72 144 GiB $0.3456 $3.456 ap-northeast-2 of 29 $0.00480
c5.24xlarge96 vCPU, 192 GiB 96 192 GiB $0.4080 $4.080 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00425
c5.metal96 vCPU, 192 GiB 96 192 GiB $0.4080 $4.080 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00425

Per hour on Linux/UNIX, in each type's cheapest region. Typical spot: per pricing run of the last 7 days, the cheapest zone's spot price, averaged, as the finder shows it with that region selected. On-demand: the same region's price. Per vCPU-hour: the spot price, or without spot the on-demand price, per vCPU. Every region is under Prices by region.

The C5 instance family, first released in November 2017, is compute-optimized and built on the AWS Nitro System. They are powered by 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon Platinum 8000 series processors, such as the Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M, supporting AVX-512 instructions for high-performance vector workloads. These instances are EBS-backed (with no local instance storage) and leverage the Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) to provide network bandwidth up to 25 Gbps.

Written by Gemini from web sources and not checked: the specs and prices on this page come from AWS.

vCPUs
2 to 96
Memory
4 to 192 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
Sustained clock
3.6 GHz
Single-thread PassMark
1896 measured on c5, 2025-11-20
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
c5.large 2 4 GiB EBS only up to 10 (0.75 baseline) up to 4.75 (0.65 baseline)
c5.xlarge 4 8 GiB EBS only up to 10 (1.25 baseline) up to 4.75 (1.15 baseline)
c5.2xlarge 8 16 GiB EBS only up to 10 (2.5 baseline) up to 4.75 (2.3 baseline)
c5.4xlarge 16 32 GiB EBS only up to 10 (5 baseline) 4.75
c5.9xlarge 36 72 GiB EBS only 12 9.5
c5.12xlarge 48 96 GiB EBS only 12 9.5
c5.18xlarge 72 144 GiB EBS only 25 19
c5.24xlarge 96 192 GiB EBS only 25 19
c5.metal 96 192 GiB EBS only 25 19

Network and EBS: peak bandwidth in Gbit/s, with the bandwidth the type sustains when it is lower. Local storage: the instance store, in decimal GB as AWS sizes it.

#1
4257
#3
3803 3801–3803
#30
3115 3105–3115
#32
2955 2875–2955
#37
m7i, r7i
2816 2763–2816
#39
2700
#40
2596 2549–2596
#48
2303 2269–2303
#64
2034 1995–2034
#67
m5d, c5, c5n
1901 1853–1901
#70
m5dn, c4, r5dn, r5n, t2, t3
1777 1746–1777
#76
m5, m5n, i3en, r5, r5b, r5d
1703 1686–1703
#82
m4, c3, i3
1625 1582–1625
#85
r3, r4
1539 1525–1539
#87
1414 1388–1414

Not benchmarked yet 44

These families have no PassMark single-thread score yet, so they are not ranked.

29 regions with a price in the last 7 days. Select up to 4 to compare them in the price history charts under Prices by region.

Each type's regions on Linux/UNIX, cheapest first, with the same figures as the Prices table, and its price history: the daily mean of every zone and pricing run, over the last 15 UTC days. Each price column is tinted from its cheapest region (green) to its most expensive (red).

c5.large2 vCPU, 4 GiB, 29 regions
c5.large prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.00850 $0.0850 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.00960 $0.0960 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.00980 $0.0980 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0144 $0.0910 84%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0215 $0.1010 79%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0216 $0.0850 75%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0227 $0.1110 80%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0238 $0.0960 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0253 $0.0850 70%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0260 $0.1310 80%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0263 $0.0850 69%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0290 $0.1060 73%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0291 $0.1080 73%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0317 $0.0850 63%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0328 $0.1140 71%
eu-west-2 London $0.0331 $0.1010 67%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0332 $0.0980 66%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0335 $0.1070 69%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0345 $0.0930 63%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0351 $0.1010 65%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0361 $0.1070 66%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0377 $0.0960 61%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0382 $0.1110 66%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0386 $0.0930 59%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0393 $0.1010 61%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0411 $0.0970 58%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0432 $0.1070 60%
me-central-1 UAE $0.0434 $0.1060 59%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.1060
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
c5.xlarge4 vCPU, 8 GiB, 29 regions
c5.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0196 $0.1960 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0228 $0.1920 88%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0340 $0.1700 80%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0365 $0.1920 81%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0403 $0.1820 78%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0462 $0.1700 73%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0466 $0.1860 75%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0510 $0.2020 75%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0514 $0.2220 77%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0613 $0.1700 64%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0626 $0.1700 63%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0628 $0.2160 71%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0634 $0.2140 70%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0643 $0.2620 75%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0651 $0.1700 62%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0709 $0.2130 67%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0728 $0.2120 66%
eu-west-2 London $0.0755 $0.2020 63%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0757 $0.1960 61%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0809 $0.2020 60%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0821 $0.1860 56%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0856 $0.2140 60%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0862 $0.1920 55%
me-central-1 UAE $0.0864 $0.2110 59%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0866 $0.2280 62%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0892 $0.2020 56%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0902 $0.1940 54%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0974 $0.2220 56%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.2110
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
c5.2xlarge8 vCPU, 16 GiB, 29 regions
c5.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0392 $0.3920 90%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0437 $0.3400 87%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0444 $0.3840 88%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0674 $0.3840 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0704 $0.3400 79%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0754 $0.3640 79%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0780 $0.5240 85%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0787 $0.4440 82%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.1035 $0.4270 76%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1155 $0.3400 66%
eu-west-2 London $0.1168 $0.4040 71%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.1175 $0.4040 71%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.1232 $0.3720 67%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1254 $0.3720 66%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.1260 $0.4560 72%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.1283 $0.4320 70%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.1324 $0.4280 69%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1352 $0.3400 60%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1369 $0.4240 68%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1388 $0.3400 59%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.1464 $0.4030 64%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1486 $0.3880 62%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1528 $0.3920 61%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1560 $0.4040 61%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1721 $0.4280 60%
me-central-1 UAE $0.1728 $0.4220 59%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1771 $0.3840 54%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1844 $0.4440 58%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.4220
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
c5.4xlarge16 vCPU, 32 GiB, 29 regions
c5.4xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0680 $0.6800 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0768 $0.7680 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0784 $0.7840 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0812 $0.7680 89%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0928 $0.7280 87%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1014 $0.6800 85%
eu-west-2 London $0.1051 $0.8080 87%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1239 $0.6800 82%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1469 $1.048 86%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.1499 $0.8880 83%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.1545 $0.8080 81%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.1636 $0.8540 81%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1672 $0.7760 78%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.1701 $0.7440 77%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1776 $0.6800 74%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.1898 $0.9120 79%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2013 $0.8560 76%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.2044 $0.7440 73%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.2222 $0.8060 72%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.2246 $0.6800 67%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.2327 $0.8560 73%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2452 $0.8480 71%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.2477 $0.8880 72%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.2499 $0.8080 69%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2828 $0.7840 64%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.3289 $0.7680 57%
me-central-1 UAE $0.3459 $0.8450 59%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.4303 $0.8640 50%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.8450
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
c5.9xlarge36 vCPU, 72 GiB, 29 regions
c5.9xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.1530 $1.530 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.1638 $1.638 90%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.1674 $1.674 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1728 $1.728 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.1764 $1.764 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.1991 $1.728 88%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.2074 $1.814 89%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2566 $1.530 83%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.2948 $1.818 84%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.2985 $1.921 84%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.3044 $2.358 87%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.3403 $1.998 83%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.3456 $2.052 83%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.3785 $1.944 81%
eu-west-2 London $0.4079 $1.818 78%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.4346 $1.674 74%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.4535 $1.530 70%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.5185 $1.926 73%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.5242 $1.530 66%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.5759 $1.530 62%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.5983 $1.818 67%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.6135 $1.746 65%
us-west-1 N. California $0.6573 $1.908 66%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.6683 $1.926 65%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.6818 $1.998 66%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.7286 $1.728 58%
me-central-1 UAE $0.7782 $1.901 59%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.8067 $1.764 54%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $1.901
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
c5.12xlarge48 vCPU, 96 GiB, 29 regions
c5.12xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.2040 $2.040 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.2184 $2.184 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.2304 $2.304 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.2304 $2.304 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.2352 $2.352 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2560 $2.040 87%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.3144 $3.144 90%
eu-west-2 London $0.3345 $2.424 86%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.3474 $2.592 87%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.3689 $2.232 83%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.3708 $2.232 83%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.3842 $2.424 84%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.4262 $2.419 82%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.4345 $2.561 83%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.4429 $2.736 84%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.4739 $2.664 82%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.4796 $2.040 76%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.6143 $2.040 70%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.6200 $2.040 70%
us-west-1 N. California $0.6521 $2.544 74%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.7050 $2.424 71%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.7179 $2.328 69%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.7304 $2.568 72%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.7614 $2.352 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.8206 $2.664 69%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.9228 $2.568 64%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.9234 $2.304 60%
me-central-1 UAE $1.037 $2.534 59%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $2.534
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
c5.18xlarge72 vCPU, 144 GiB, 29 regions
c5.18xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.3456 $3.456 90%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.3486 $3.060 89%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.3528 $3.528 90%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.3629 $3.629 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.3686 $3.276 89%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.4751 $4.716 90%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.4956 $3.636 86%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.5040 $3.060 84%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.5433 $3.456 84%
eu-west-2 London $0.5900 $3.636 84%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.5907 $3.636 84%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.6055 $3.060 80%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.6092 $3.841 84%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.6254 $3.348 81%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.6489 $4.104 84%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.7317 $3.852 81%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.7391 $3.348 78%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.7825 $3.888 80%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.8413 $3.492 76%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.9028 $3.060 70%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.9235 $3.060 70%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.9991 $3.528 72%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $1.003 $3.996 75%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.005 $3.852 74%
us-west-1 N. California $1.195 $3.816 69%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.396 $3.996 65%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.426 $3.456 59%
me-central-1 UAE $1.556 $3.802 59%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $3.802
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
c5.24xlarge96 vCPU, 192 GiB, 29 regions
c5.24xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.4080 $4.080 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.4368 $4.368 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.4704 $4.704 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.4796 $4.608 90%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.4838 $4.838 90%
eu-west-2 London $0.4851 $4.848 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.6423 $4.080 84%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.6808 $4.608 85%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.6936 $4.464 84%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.6973 $5.184 87%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.7047 $6.288 89%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.7575 $4.080 81%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.7683 $4.848 84%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.8273 $5.472 85%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.9030 $5.328 83%
eu-central-2 Zurich $1.007 $5.122 80%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.042 $5.136 80%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.058 $4.080 74%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.125 $4.656 76%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.334 $4.704 72%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.397 $5.136 73%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.434 $4.848 70%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.533 $4.080 62%
us-west-1 N. California $1.585 $5.088 69%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.893 $4.608 59%
me-central-1 UAE $2.075 $5.069 59%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.179 $5.328 59%
ca-west-1 Calgary $4.464 $4.464 0%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $5.069
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
c5.metal96 vCPU, 192 GiB, 29 regions
c5.metal prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.4080 $4.080 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.4368 $4.368 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.4566 $4.080 89%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.4608 $4.608 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.4704 $4.704 90%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.4838 $4.838 90%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.6288 $6.288 90%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.6483 $5.184 87%
eu-west-2 London $0.6551 $4.848 86%
us-west-1 N. California $0.6581 $5.088 87%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.7060 $4.080 83%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.7776 $4.848 84%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.8362 $4.848 83%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.8750 $4.080 79%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.9190 $5.328 83%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.9355 $5.122 82%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.9529 $5.472 83%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.006 $5.136 80%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.131 $4.608 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.174 $4.080 71%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.262 $4.704 73%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.262 $4.656 73%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.346 $4.464 70%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.362 $5.136 73%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.652 $5.328 69%
me-central-1 UAE $2.075 $5.069 59%
eu-south-2 Spain $2.680 $4.608 42%
ca-west-1 Calgary no spot $4.464
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $5.069
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.