C4 Compute Optimized

High-performance processors for compute-intensive applications.

Name:cCompute Optimizedc = Compute OptimizedOptimized for compute-bound applications that benefit from high-performance processors (web servers, batch processing, gaming servers, and video encoding).44th Generation4 = 4th GenerationAWS 4th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.

Alternatives to c4

OptionPrice vs c4Why look at it
c5Compare →
-15%-$0.029/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Newer generation, 8 GiB RAM instead of 7.5, same vCPU
c6iCompare →
-15%-$0.029/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Newer generation, 8 GiB RAM instead of 7.5, same vCPU
c7iCompare →
-10%-$0.0205/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Newer generation, 8 GiB RAM instead of 7.5, same vCPU
c7gCompare →
-27%-$0.054/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Graviton (arm64), newer generation, 8 GiB RAM instead of 7.5, same vCPU

Common use cases

  • Batch processing
  • Scientific modeling
  • Gaming servers
  • High-performance web servers

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Instance types (5)

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
c4.large24 GBx86_64$0.1000
c4.xlarge48 GBx86_64$0.1990
c4.2xlarge815 GBx86_64$0.3980
c4.4xlarge1630 GBx86_64$0.7960
c4.8xlarge3660 GBx86_64$1.5910