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Part of the C3 Compute Optimized family — 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).33rd Generation3 = 3rd GenerationAWS 3rd generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.largeLargelarge = Large2 vCPUs • 3.75 GiB RAM • 32 GB SSD • Moderate Network
Price (Linux)
$0.1050/ hr
~$76.65/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
1 cores • x86_64
Memory
3.75GiB
1.9 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0525/ vCPU-hr
$0.0280/GiB-hr
Network
1.2Gbps
Baseline: 0.5 Gbps
Storage & EBS
32 GB
32 GB

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores1
Clock Speed2.8 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score29,520
CoreMark / vCPU14,760.1 / core
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CoreMark per Dollar281,143 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0525
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0280

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods29 pods
Max ECS Tasks2 tasks
Max ENIs3
IPv4/v6 per ENI10
Total Addressable IPs30 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceModerate
Baseline Bandwidth0.5 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth1.2 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationSSD (32 GB)
Local NVMe Disk32 GB
EBS Baseline Throughput—
EBS Max Throughput—
EBS Baseline IOPS—
EBS Max / Burst IOPS—
Dedicated EBS Throughput1 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor4
Generation StatusPrevious Generation
Date Introduced2013-11-14

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.1050/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.1630/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.1250/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
11regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 11 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$0.1150
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$0.1320
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$0.1320
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$0.1280
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$0.1260
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$0.1290
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$0.1200
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$0.1630
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$0.1050
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$0.1200
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$0.1050