c8i-flex.xlarge

c8i-flex.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.178 per hour on demand ($129.94 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0622 per hour. It is sold in 20 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.1745 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$0.1745$0.0514$0.1325$0.0904
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.178$0.0531$0.1357$0.0928
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.178$0.0178$0.1384$0.0924
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.178$0.0622$0.1287$0.086
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.178$0.0444$0.1287$0.086
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.178$0.0651$0.1287$0.086
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.191$0.0293$0.146$0.0999
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.191$0.0958$0.146$0.0998
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.1948$0.0594$0.1478$0.0939
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.2011$0.0487$0.1531$0.105
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.2032$0.0905$0.1546$0.1054
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.2053$0.0856$0.1558$0.1063
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.2116$0.0769$0.1601$0.1102
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.2116$0.0701$0.1612$0.1104
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.222$0.0677$0.1694$0.1168
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.2241$0.0862$0.1702$0.1167
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.2325$0.0871$0.1705$0.1199
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.2388$0.1016$0.1892$0.1315
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6$0.2441–$0.179$0.1259
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.2744$0.0471$0.209$0.1423
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$0.178––
Ubuntu Pro$0.185––
SUSE$0.2343––
RHEL$0.2356––
Linux SQL Web$0.2456––
RHEL SQL Web$0.3032––
RHEL HA$0.3056––
Windows$0.3528––
Windows SQL Web$0.4204––
Linux SQL Std$0.658––
RHEL SQL Std$0.7156––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.7856––
Windows SQL Std$0.8328––
Linux SQL Ent$1.678––
RHEL SQL Ent$1.736––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.806––
Windows SQL Ent$1.853––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)8
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.937 Gbps
Network peak12.5 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 bandwidth630 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput78.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,600
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec8i-flex.xlarge
Familyc8i-flex
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
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.