c1.medium
**Upgrade C1 to C5 where possible, do not use for new applications** C5 instances provide the latest Intel Xeon processors paired with the new Nitro Hypervisor which delivers practically all of the compute and memory resources of the host hardware to your instances.
The c1.medium is a aws ec2 instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for ec2 workloads.
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Memory | 1.7 GiB |
| Physical Processor | Intel Xeon Family |
| CPU Architecture | 32-bit or 64-bit |
| GPU Memory | NA |
| Network | Value |
| Network Performance | Moderate |
| Enhanced Networking | No |
| Storage | Value |
| Storage | 1 x 350 SSD |
| Amazon | Value |
| Current Generation | No |
| Instance Type | c1.medium |
| Family | Compute optimized |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| c1.medium | 2 | 1 |
| c1.xlarge | 8 | 7 |
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