c3.8xlarge

c3.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 60 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.68 per hour on demand ($1,226.40 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.168 per hour, 30% less. Spot capacity is about $0.4725 per hour. It is sold in 11 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$1.68$0.4725$1.168–$1.221$1.051
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.68$0.5986$1.168–$1.221$1.051
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$1.839–––––
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.912$0.7507$1.44–$1.511$1.296
US West (N. California) us-west-1$1.912$0.6361$1.44$0.956$1.511$1.296
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$2.016–$1.408–$1.461$1.267
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.043$0.677$1.552–$1.696$1.397
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.064$0.7547$1.536–$1.631$1.382
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.117$0.6653$1.568–$1.634$1.411
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$2.117$0.7228$1.568–$1.634$1.411
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$2.60$0.26$1.968–$2.133$1.771
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by region

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.68$1.168–
SUSE$1.78$1.204–
RHEL$2.026$1.407–
Linux SQL Web$2.288$1.67–
RHEL HA$2.474$1.855–
RHEL SQL Web$2.566––
Windows$3.008$2.631–
Windows SQL Web$4.332$3.081–
RHEL SQL Std$5.866––
Linux SQL Std$6.00$5.382–
RHEL HA SQL Std$6.314––
Windows SQL Std$8.523$6.17–
RHEL SQL Ent$14.026––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$14.474––
Windows SQL Ent$15.152$14.657–
Linux SQL Ent$15.18$14.562–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.8 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU108
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)60
NetworkingValue
Network10 Gbps
Network baseline5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 320 SSD
Local disks2 × 320 GB SSD
EBS optimizedNo
EBS over NVMeNo
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec3.8xlarge
Familyc3
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor64
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare c3.8xlarge

Other generations

vs c4.8xlarge

Other c3 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c3.large23.75$0.105
c3.xlarge47.5$0.21
c3.2xlarge815$0.42
c3.4xlarge1630$0.84
c3.8xlarge3260$1.68

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.