c6a.8xlarge

c6a.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.224 per hour on demand ($893.52 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.8097 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.4748 per hour. It is sold in 15 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.748 per hour.

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
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.748$0.3525$0.4953$0.3393$0.5701$0.3897
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.748$0.0748$0.4948$0.3393$0.5815$0.3883
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$1.224$0.4748$0.8097$0.5389$0.8845$0.591
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.224$0.2951$0.8097$0.5389$0.8845$0.591
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.224$0.5032$0.8097$0.5389$0.8845$0.591
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.313$0.7223$0.8694$0.5988$1.004$0.6862
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$1.339$0.4205$0.8891$0.5879$1.016$0.6454
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.397$0.6251$0.9208$0.6336$1.063$0.7247
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.411$0.768$0.9367$0.6401$1.071$0.7309
EU (London) eu-west-2$1.454$0.4946$0.9601$0.661$1.101$0.7574
US West (N. California) us-west-1$1.526$0.6125$1.008$0.6941$1.165$0.8026
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.541$0.6455$1.016$0.7022$1.17$0.8022
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$1.555–$1.029$0.7054$1.182$0.8047
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.598$0.7323$1.055$0.7263$1.172$0.8243
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.886$0.2312$1.246$0.8569$1.436$0.9782
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

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

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.224$0.8097$0.5389
Ubuntu Pro$1.28––
SUSE$1.349$0.8697$0.5929
RHEL$1.57$1.155$0.8845
Linux SQL Web$1.765$1.351$1.08
RHEL HA$2.018$1.603$1.333
RHEL SQL Web$2.11––
Windows$2.696$2.282$2.011
Windows SQL Web$3.237$2.822$2.552
Linux SQL Std$5.064$4.65$4.379
RHEL SQL Std$5.41––
RHEL HA SQL Std$5.858––
Windows SQL Std$6.536$6.122$5.851
Linux SQL Ent$13.224$12.81$12.539
RHEL SQL Ent$13.57––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$14.018––
Windows SQL Ent$14.696$14.282$14.011

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMD
Clock speed3.6 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)64
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Network baseline12.5 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput6667 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec6a.8xlarge
Familyc6a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor64
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other c6a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c6a.large24$0.0765
c6a.xlarge48$0.153
c6a.2xlarge816$0.306
c6a.4xlarge1632$0.612
c6a.8xlarge3264$1.224
c6a.12xlarge4896$1.836
c6a.16xlarge64128$2.448
c6a.24xlarge96192$3.672
c6a.32xlarge128256$4.896
c6a.48xlarge192384$7.344
c6a.metal192384$7.344

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