c7gd.2xlarge

c7gd.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AWS Graviton3 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.3629 per hour on demand ($264.92 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2287 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1526 per hour. It is sold in 23 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.2304 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$0.2304$0.0725$0.1452$0.0995$0.1778$0.1183
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5$0.3598$0.1064$0.2267$0.1555$0.2774$0.1848
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.3629$0.1526$0.2287$0.1516$0.262$0.1755
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.3629$0.0598$0.2287$0.1516$0.262$0.1755
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.3629$0.0987$0.2287$0.1516$0.262$0.1755
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.3931$0.0393$0.2477$0.1698$0.3118$0.2191
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.4006$0.055$0.2524$0.1675$0.309$0.1927
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.412$0.0438$0.2596$0.178$0.3268$0.2296
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.412$0.1647$0.2596$0.178$0.3268$0.2296
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.4158$0.0416$0.262$0.1796$0.3221$0.2314
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.4196$0.0815$0.2643$0.1813$0.3338$0.2393
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.4234$0.08$0.2667$0.1829$0.3263$0.2174
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3$0.4234$0.0423$0.2667$0.1829$0.3263$0.2174
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.4347$0.0435$0.2739$0.1878$0.3445$0.2421
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.4347$0.1224$0.2739$0.1878$0.3432$0.2421
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.4385–$0.2762$0.1786$0.3202$0.2054
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.4385–$0.2762$0.1786$0.3202$0.2054
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.4536$0.158$0.2858$0.196$0.3579$0.2422
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.4611$0.1306$0.2905$0.1992$0.3772$0.276
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.4612$0.0827$0.3036$0.2002$0.3771$0.2756
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2$0.4615$0.1005$0.2908$0.1994$0.3671$0.2632
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.4763$0.1373$0.3001$0.2058$0.351$0.2458
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.5632$0.0563$0.3548$0.2433$0.4605$0.3027

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

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.3629$0.2287$0.1516
Ubuntu Pro$0.3769––
RHEL$0.4781$0.3439$0.2668
SUSE$0.4879$0.2886$0.2056
RHEL HA$0.6181$0.4839$0.4068

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores8
Threads per core1
Architecturearm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
CPU makerAWS
Clock speed2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.6 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 15 Gbps
Network baseline3.75 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 475 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 474 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes26
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec7gd.2xlarge
Familyc7gd
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesUEFI

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Other c7gd sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c7gd.medium12$0.0454
c7gd.large24$0.0907
c7gd.xlarge48$0.1814
c7gd.2xlarge816$0.3629
c7gd.4xlarge1632$0.7258
c7gd.8xlarge3264$1.452
c7gd.12xlarge4896$2.177
c7gd.16xlarge64128$2.903
c7gd.metal64128$2.903

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