c4.8xlarge

c4.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 36 vCPUs, 60 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.591 per hour on demand ($1,161.43 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.008 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.4423 per hour. It is sold in 16 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$1.591$0.4423$1.008$0.708$1.159$0.815
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.591$0.1903$1.008$0.708$1.159$0.815
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.591$0.4822$1.008$0.708$1.159$0.815
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$1.60$0.3628$1.084$0.77$1.247$0.885
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$1.75$0.4636$1.176$0.795$1.352$0.914
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.811$0.5769$1.243$0.95$1.43$1.093
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$1.815$0.4197$1.226$0.95$1.41$1.093
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.817$0.6367$1.26$0.968$1.449$1.113
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.848$0.5943$1.26$0.899$1.449$1.033
EU (London) eu-west-2$1.902$0.4709$1.31$1.002$1.507$1.153
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$1.915–$1.21$0.829$1.391$0.954
US West (N. California) us-west-1$1.993$0.5594$1.361$0.985$1.565$1.133
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.016$0.6539$1.445$1.106$1.662$1.272
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$2.016$0.58$1.445$1.106$1.662$1.272
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$2.085$0.6969$1.344$1.002$1.546$1.153
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$2.47$0.247$1.764$1.244$2.029$1.431
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$1.591$1.008$0.708
Ubuntu Pro$1.663––
SUSE$1.691$1.041$0.741
RHEL$1.989$1.397$1.097
Linux SQL Web$2.208$1.616$1.317
RHEL HA$2.493$1.901$1.601
RHEL SQL Web$2.597––
Windows$3.091$2.664$2.364
Windows SQL Web$3.881$3.154$2.998
Linux SQL Std$5.92$5.328$5.028
RHEL SQL Std$6.309––
RHEL HA SQL Std$6.813––
Windows SQL Std$12.485$8.407$6.10
Linux SQL Ent$15.10$14.508$14.208
RHEL SQL Ent$15.489––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$15.993––
Windows SQL Ent$16.747$16.164$15.864

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs36
Physical cores18
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.9 GHz
Sustained clock2.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU132
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)60
NetworkingValue
Network10 Gbps
Network baseline10 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput4000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput500 MB/s
EBS max throughput500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS32,000
EBS max IOPS32,000
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec4.8xlarge
Familyc4
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor64
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare c4.8xlarge

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Other generations

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Other c4 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c4.large23.75$0.1
c4.xlarge47.5$0.199
c4.2xlarge815$0.398
c4.4xlarge1630$0.796
c4.8xlarge3660$1.591

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