c8a.xlarge

c8a.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.2155 per hour on demand ($157.32 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0732 per hour. It is sold in 7 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.2155$0.0732$0.1558$0.1041
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.2155$0.0425$0.1558$0.1041
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.2155$0.0746$0.1558$0.1041
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.2312$0.0306$0.1767$0.1209
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.2313$0.0911$0.1767$0.1208
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.246$0.1019$0.1872$0.1276
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.2713$0.0907$0.206$0.1412
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$0.2155––
Ubuntu Pro$0.2225––
SUSE$0.2718––
RHEL$0.2731––
Linux SQL Web$0.2831––
RHEL SQL Web$0.3407––
RHEL HA$0.3431––
Windows$0.3995––
Windows SQL Web$0.4671––
Linux SQL Std$0.6955––
RHEL SQL Std$0.7531––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.8231––
Windows SQL Std$0.8795––
Linux SQL Ent$1.716––
RHEL SQL Ent$1.773––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.843––
Windows SQL Ent$1.899––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores4
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
CPU makerAMD
Clock speedUp to 4.5 GHz
Sustained clock4.5 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)8
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 15 Gbps
Network baseline1.875 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface20
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec8a.xlarge
Familyc8a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other c8a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c8a.medium12$0.0539
c8a.large24$0.1078
c8a.xlarge48$0.2155
c8a.2xlarge816$0.4311
c8a.4xlarge1632$0.8622
c8a.8xlarge3264$1.724
c8a.12xlarge4896$2.587
c8a.16xlarge64128$3.449
c8a.24xlarge96192$5.173
c8a.metal-24xl96192$5.173
c8a.48xlarge192384$10.346
c8a.metal-48xl192384$10.346

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