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c6i.xlarge pricing and specs in Asia Pacific (Mumbai)

4 vCPU · 8 GiB · Up to 12.5 Gigabit · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)

$0.1700/hour on-demand · $124/month (Linux, Shared)

c6i.xlarge is a compute-optimized EC2 instance with 4 vCPU and 8 GiB, generation 6 of the c family. On-demand it costs $0.1700 an hour, about $124 a month if it runs all month. A one-year commitment with nothing up front works out at $0.1126 an hour and pays for itself above roughly 483 hours a month; below that, on-demand is cheaper. The three-year options go down to $0.0671 an hour, 61% below on-demand. The newer c6g.xlarge offers the same size for $0.0852 an hour, 50% less and moves to Graviton. Across regions the cheapest place to run c6i.xlarge is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5) at $0.1666 an hour, 2% below Asia Pacific (Mumbai).

Pricing by OS (hourly, USD, Shared)

OptionLinuxWindowsRHELSUSE
On-Demand$0.1700$0.3540$0.2276$0.2263
Spot$0.0822$0.2088——
1y Std RI NU$0.1126$0.2966$0.1702$0.1626
1y Std RI PU$0.1073$0.2911$0.1649$0.1571
1y Std RI AU$0.1050$0.2890$0.1627$0.1550
3y Std RI NU$0.0771$0.2611$0.1347$0.1221
3y Std RI PU$0.0714$0.2554$0.1290$0.1159
3y Std RI AU$0.0671$0.2511$0.1247$0.1121
1y Conv RI NU$0.1296$0.3136$0.1872$0.1796
3y Conv RI NU$0.0886$0.2726$0.1462$0.1336
1y Compute SP NU$0.1296$0.3136$0.1872$0.1796
3y Compute SP NU$0.0886$0.2726$0.1462$0.1336
1y EC2 SP NU$0.1126$0.2966$0.1702$0.1626
3y EC2 SP NU$0.0771$0.2611$0.1347$0.1221

Spot by AZ (7-day p50, Linux): ap-south-1b $0.0847 · ap-south-1c $0.0797 · ap-south-1a $0.0822

Newer generations of the same size

Same family letter and size in a newer generation, ranked by price. “vCPU per $” uses vCPU as the performance proxy — newer chips usually add more, so it is a floor.

Graviton-eligible → c6g.xlarge (-50%)
Type$/hPrice ΔvCPU per $ ΔSaves / mo
c6g.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.0852-50%+100%$62
c6a.xlarge$0.0935-45%+82%$56
c6gd.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.0980-42%+73%$53
c7g.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.0982-42%+73%$52
c8g.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1080-36%+57%$45
c7gd.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1152-32%+48%$40
c7i-flex.xlarge$0.1696-0.2%+0.2%$0
c6gn.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1730+2%-2%$-2

Cheapest regions for c6i.xlarge

RegionOn-Demand $/hvs ap-south-1Saves / mo
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5$0.1666-2%$2
Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7$0.1666-2%$2
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.1700current—
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.17000.0%$0
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.17000.0%$0
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.17000.0%$0

Caveat: instance price is only part of the bill. Cross-region and internet data transfer, latency to your users, data-residency rules and service availability can outweigh a few percent on compute.

Price history (ap-south-1)

Daily snapshots since the catalog started tracking this type; a row is added whenever a headline price changes.

DateOD LinuxOD Windows1y RI3y RISpot p50
2026-10-05$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0822
2026-10-04$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0819
2026-10-03$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0815
2026-10-02$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0811
2026-10-01$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0797
2026-09-30$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0761
2026-09-29$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0747
2026-09-28$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0727
2026-09-27$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0695
2026-09-26$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0692
2026-09-25$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0688
2026-09-24$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0684
2026-09-22$0.1700$0.3540$0.1126$0.0771$0.0672

All attributes

vCPU
4
Cores / threads per core
2 / 2
Memory
8 GiB
Memory per vCPU
2.00 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Architecture
x86_64
Sustained clock
3.5 GHz
Hypervisor
nitro
Generation
Current
Burstable
No
Bare metal
No
Free tier eligible
No
Network performance
Up to 12.5 Gigabit
Network baseline / burst
1.562 / 12.5 Gbps
Max ENIs × IPv4 per ENI
4 × 15
IPv6 / ENA / EFA
IPv6 / ENA / —
EBS optimized
Yes
EBS bandwidth (baseline / max)
1250 / 10000 Mbps
EBS IOPS (baseline / max)
6,000 / 40000
EBS NVMe
required
Instance storage
EBS only
GPU
—
Placement groups
cluster, partition, spread
Hibernation / Nitro Enclaves
Yes / Yes
Dedicated hosts
Supported
Boot modes
legacy-bios, uefi
Spot supported
Yes

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