c8i-flex.2xlarge

c8i-flex.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.3561 per hour on demand ($259.95 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.1152 per hour. It is sold in 20 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.349 per hour.

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
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5$0.349$0.1033$0.2649$0.1808
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.3561$0.1058$0.2714$0.1855
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.3561$0.0356$0.2768$0.1849
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.3561$0.1152$0.2573$0.1719
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.3561$0.1005$0.2573$0.1719
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.3561$0.1409$0.2573$0.1719
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.382$0.0502$0.292$0.1997
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.3821$0.1916$0.292$0.1996
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.3896$0.118$0.2956$0.1878
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.4022$0.0545$0.3062$0.21
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.4064$0.1994$0.3093$0.2109
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.4106$0.1712$0.3117$0.2127
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.4231$0.134$0.3202$0.2203
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.4231$0.1199$0.3224$0.2208
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.4441$0.1342$0.3388$0.2335
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.4483$0.1707$0.3403$0.2334
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.465$0.1947$0.3409$0.2398
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.4776$0.1719$0.3783$0.2631
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6$0.4883–$0.358$0.2518
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.5488$0.0997$0.4179$0.2846
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$0.3561––
Ubuntu Pro$0.3701––
RHEL$0.4713––
SUSE$0.4811––
Linux SQL Web$0.4913––
RHEL SQL Web$0.6065––
RHEL HA$0.6113––
Windows$0.7057––
Windows SQL Web$0.8409––
Linux SQL Std$1.316––
RHEL SQL Std$1.431––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.571––
Windows SQL Std$1.666––
Linux SQL Ent$3.356––
RHEL SQL Ent$3.471––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.611––
Windows SQL Ent$3.706––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 15 Gbps
Network baseline1.875 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface30
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 typec8i-flex.2xlarge
Familyc8i-flex
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other c8i-flex sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c8i-flex.large24$0.089
c8i-flex.xlarge48$0.178
c8i-flex.2xlarge816$0.3561
c8i-flex.4xlarge1632$0.7122
c8i-flex.8xlarge3264$1.424
c8i-flex.12xlarge4896$2.136
c8i-flex.16xlarge64128$2.849

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