Instances AWS EC2 c8a.8xlarge c8a.8xlarge
c8a.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.724 per hour on demand ($1,258.74 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.5684 per hour. It is sold in 7 regions.
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia) Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.724 – – Ubuntu Pro $1.78 – – SUSE $1.849 – – RHEL $2.07 – – Linux SQL Web $2.265 – – RHEL HA $2.518 – – RHEL SQL Web $2.611 – – Windows $3.196 – – Windows SQL Web $3.737 – – Linux SQL Std $5.564 – – RHEL SQL Std $5.91 – – RHEL HA SQL Std $6.358 – – Windows SQL Std $7.036 – – Linux SQL Ent $13.724 – – RHEL SQL Ent $14.07 – – RHEL HA SQL Ent $14.518 – – Windows SQL Ent $15.196 – –
Compute Value vCPUs 32 Physical cores 32 Threads per core 1 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor CPU maker AMD Clock speed Up to 4.5 GHz Sustained clock 4.5 GHz Processor features AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512 Burstable No
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 64
Networking Value Network 15 Gbps Network baseline 15 Gbps Network peak 15 Gbps Enhanced networking Yes (ENA) EFA No IPv6 Yes Max network interfaces 10 IPv4 addresses per interface 40
Storage Value Storage EBS only EBS optimized Yes EBS over NVMe Required EBS throughput 10000 Mbps EBS baseline bandwidth 10,000 Mbps EBS max bandwidth 10,000 Mbps EBS baseline throughput 1,250 MB/s EBS max throughput 1,250 MB/s EBS baseline IOPS 40,000 EBS max IOPS 40,000 Max EBS volumes 32
Instance details Value Instance type c8a.8xlarge Family c8a Category Compute optimized Current generation Yes Normalization factor 64 Bare metal No Hypervisor Nitro Placement groups Cluster, Partition, Spread Hibernation Yes Nitro Enclaves Yes Boot modes Legacy BIOS, UEFI
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances .