c8i-flex.large

c8i-flex.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.089 per hour on demand ($64.97 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.026 per hour. It is sold in 20 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.0872 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$0.0872$0.0266$0.0662$0.0452
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.089$0.0264$0.0678$0.0464
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.089$0.0089$0.0692$0.0462
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.089$0.026$0.0643$0.043
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.089$0.0214$0.0643$0.043
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.089$0.0299$0.0643$0.043
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.0955$0.0258$0.073$0.0499
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.0955$0.0392$0.073$0.0499
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.0974$0.0297$0.0739$0.0469
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.1006$0.0189$0.0765$0.0525
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.1016$0.0466$0.0773$0.0527
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.1027$0.0422$0.0779$0.0532
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.1058$0.0333$0.0801$0.0551
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.1058$0.0321$0.0806$0.0552
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.111$0.0371$0.0847$0.0584
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.1121$0.0536$0.0851$0.0583
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.1163$0.0464$0.0852$0.06
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.1194$0.0429$0.0946$0.0658
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6$0.1221–$0.0895$0.063
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.1372$0.0263$0.1045$0.0712
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$0.089––
Ubuntu Pro$0.0925––
RHEL$0.1178––
SUSE$0.1453––
RHEL HA$0.1528––
Linux SQL Web$0.1566––
Windows$0.1764––
RHEL SQL Web$0.1854––
Windows SQL Web$0.244––
Linux SQL Std$0.569––
RHEL SQL Std$0.5978––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.6328––
Windows SQL Std$0.6564––
Linux SQL Ent$1.589––
RHEL SQL Ent$1.618––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.653––
Windows SQL Ent$1.676––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
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)4
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.468 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface20
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth315 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput39.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,500
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec8i-flex.large
Familyc8i-flex
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor4
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.