c6g.xlarge by Amazon Web Services
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Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | aws |
Name | c6g.xlarge |
Description | Compute optimized [AWS Graviton processors] Gen6 xlarge |
Family | c6g |
Hw Virt | |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-07-11T00:00:56.923507 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
Hyderabad (IN) / ap-south-2 | 0.0341 USD/h | 0.0852 USD/h |
Mumbai (IN) / ap-south-1 | 0.044967 USD/h | 0.0852 USD/h |
(MY) / ap-southeast-5 | 0.061667 USD/h | 0.1333 USD/h |
(TH) / ap-southeast-7 | 0.064367 USD/h | 0.1333 USD/h |
Ohio (US) / us-east-2 | 0.055567 USD/h | 0.136 USD/h |
Northern Virgina (US) / us-east-1 | 0.06056 USD/h | 0.136 USD/h |
Oregon (US) / us-west-2 | 0.077075 USD/h | 0.136 USD/h |
(MX) / mx-central-1 | 0.0556 USD/h | 0.1428 USD/h |
Aragón (ES) / eu-south-2 | 0.0408 USD/h | 0.1459 USD/h |
Dublin (IE) / eu-west-1 | 0.062833 USD/h | 0.1459 USD/h |
Stockholm (SE) / eu-north-1 | 0.0598 USD/h | 0.146 USD/h |
Calgary (CA) / ca-west-1 | 0.0407 USD/h | 0.1488 USD/h |
Quebec (CA) / ca-central-1 | 0.0765 USD/h | 0.1488 USD/h |
Tel Aviv (IL) / il-central-1 | 0.026133 USD/h | 0.1532 USD/h |
Seoul (KR) / ap-northeast-2 | 0.065125 USD/h | 0.154 USD/h |
Taipei (TW) / ap-east-2 | 0.058367 USD/h | 0.1541 USD/h |
Frankfurt (DE) / eu-central-1 | 0.084433 USD/h | 0.1552 USD/h |
Jakarta (ID) / ap-southeast-3 | 0.053467 USD/h | 0.1568 USD/h |
Singapore (SG) / ap-southeast-1 | 0.095867 USD/h | 0.1568 USD/h |
United Arab Emirates / me-central-1 | 0.0628 USD/h | 0.1605 USD/h |
Milan (IT) / eu-south-1 | 0.057067 USD/h | 0.1616 USD/h |
London (GB) / eu-west-2 | 0.091567 USD/h | 0.1616 USD/h |
Paris (FR) / eu-west-3 | 0.071867 USD/h | 0.162 USD/h |
California (US) / us-west-1 | 0.06965 USD/h | 0.1696 USD/h |
Zurich (CH) / eu-central-2 | 0.052533 USD/h | 0.1707 USD/h |
Tokyo (JP) / ap-northeast-1 | 0.0943 USD/h | 0.1712 USD/h |
Hong Kong (HK) / ap-east-1 | 0.0394 USD/h | 0.172 USD/h |
Osaka (JP) / ap-northeast-3 | 0.054967 USD/h | 0.172 USD/h |
Melbourne (AU) / ap-southeast-4 | 0.0539 USD/h | 0.1776 USD/h |
Sydney (AU) / ap-southeast-2 | 0.0901 USD/h | 0.1776 USD/h |
Cape Town (ZA) / af-south-1 | 0.0429 USD/h | 0.1824 USD/h |
(NZ) / ap-southeast-6 | 0.055133 USD/h | 0.1865 USD/h |
Sao Paulo (BR) / sa-east-1 | 0.0688 USD/h | 0.2096 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 4 |
Hypervisor | nitro |
CPU Allocation | Dedicated |
CPU Cores | 4 |
CPU Speed | 2.5 GHz |
CPU Architecture | arm64 |
CPU Manufacturer | AWS |
CPU Family | ARMv8 |
CPU Model | Neoverse-N1 |
CPU L1D Cache | 64 KiB |
CPU L1D Cache Total | 256 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache | 64 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache Total | 256 KiB |
CPU L2 Cache | 1 MiB |
CPU L2 Cache Total | 4 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache | 32 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache Total | 32 MiB |
CPU Flags | fp, asimd, evtstrm, aes, pmull, sha1, sha2, crc32, atomics, fphp, asimdhp, cpuid, asimdrdm, lrcpc, dcpop, asimddp, ssbs |
Ecpus | 4 |
Scalability | 100 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 8 GiB |
Memory Amount Actual | 8 GiB |
| GPU | |
|---|---|
GPU Count | 0 |
GPU Memory Min | 0 MiB |
GPU Memory Total | 0 MiB |
GPUs |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 0 GB |
Storages |
| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Network Speed Baseline | 1.25 Gbps |
Network Speed Max | 10 Gbps |
Network Storage Speed Baseline | 1.188 Gbps |
Network Storage Speed Max | 4.75 Gbps |
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
Server Description
A dedicated ARM64 compute-optimized instance offering balanced multi-core performance and predictable resource allocation for containerized microservices.
Amazon Web Services c6g.xlarge is a compute-optimized instance featuring 4 dedicated physical cores powered by an AWS Graviton ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 processor running at 2.5 GHz. It is configured with 8.0 GB of memory, yielding a 2.0 GB per core ratio, and operates on the Nitro hypervisor with a baseline network bandwidth of 1 Gbps. The instance lacks local storage and dedicated GPU hardware. Benchmark results show average performance in stress-ng CPU tests and large-block memory bandwidth, alongside weaker metrics in Geekbench and single-threaded compression tasks. With hardware-accelerated AES cryptography and dedicated core allocation, the c6g.xlarge offers a cost-efficient, predictable compute profile for ARM-native applications. It is best suited for workloads such as containerized microservices, static web serving, and moderate database operations.
Economics
Performance
Workload Profiles
Memory Bandwidth
Compression
OpenSSL
Geekbench Single-Core
Geekbench Multi-Core
Passmark CPU Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Mark | 2702 |
Compression | 18552 |
Encryption | 544 |
Extended Instructions | 2481 |
Floating Point Maths | 11978 |
Integer Maths | 15734 |
Physics | 685 |
Prime Numbers | 34 |
Single Threaded | 1110 |
String Sorting | 11376 |
Passmark Memory Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Memory Mark | 1023 |
Database Operations | 2589 |
Memory Latency | 72 |
Memory Read Cached | 9479 |
Memory Read Uncached | 9181 |
Memory Write | 12577 |
Stress-ng Raw Scores
Stress-ng Relative Multicore Performance
LLM Inference Speed for Prompt Processing
LLM Inference Speed for Text Generation
Static Web Server
Redis
Alternatives
Servers of the Same Family
| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | GPUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| c6g.medium | 1 | 2 GiB | 0 |
| c6g.large | 2 | 4 GiB | 0 |
| c6g.2xlarge | 8 | 16 GiB | 0 |
| c6g.4xlarge | 16 | 32 GiB | 0 |
| c6g.8xlarge | 32 | 64 GiB | 0 |
| c6g.12xlarge | 48 | 96 GiB | 0 |
| c6g.16xlarge | 64 | 128 GiB | 0 |
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