c8i.12xlarge

c8i.12xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 48 vCPUs, 96 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.249 per hour on demand ($1,641.77 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.6702 per hour. It is sold in 21 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $2.204 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$2.204$0.2204$1.673$1.142
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$2.249$0.6775$1.714$1.172
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$2.249$0.2249$1.748$1.168
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.249$0.6702$1.625$1.086
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.249$0.5602$1.625$1.086
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.249$0.7143$1.625$1.086
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$2.408$1.031$1.755$1.207
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$2.413$0.2765$1.844$1.262
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.413$1.109$1.844$1.261
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$2.461$0.604$1.867$1.186
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$2.54$0.2982$1.934$1.326
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.567$0.921$1.953$1.332
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.593$0.9111$1.968$1.343
EU (London) eu-west-2$2.672$0.7523$2.023$1.392
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$2.672$0.8474$2.036$1.395
US West (N. California) us-west-1$2.805$0.7307$2.14$1.475
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.831$0.7621$2.149$1.474
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$2.937$0.8819$2.153$1.515
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$3.017$0.6296$2.389$1.661
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6$3.084–$2.261$1.59
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$3.466$1.517$2.639$1.798
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$2.249––
Ubuntu Pro$2.333––
SUSE$2.374––
RHEL$2.767––
Linux SQL Web$3.06––
RHEL HA$3.439––
RHEL SQL Web$3.579––
Windows$4.457––
Windows SQL Web$5.268––
Linux SQL Std$8.009––
RHEL SQL Std$8.527––
RHEL HA SQL Std$9.199––
Windows SQL Std$10.217––
Linux SQL Ent$20.249––
RHEL SQL Ent$20.767––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$21.439––
Windows SQL Ent$22.457––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores24
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)96
NetworkingValue
Network22.5 Gbps
Network baseline22.5 Gbps
Network peak22.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces12
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000
EBS max IOPS60,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec8i.12xlarge
Familyc8i
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor96
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other generations

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Other c8i sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c8i.large24$0.0937
c8i.xlarge48$0.1874
c8i.2xlarge816$0.3748
c8i.4xlarge1632$0.7497
c8i.8xlarge3264$1.499
c8i.12xlarge4896$2.249
c8i.16xlarge64128$2.999
c8i.24xlarge96192$4.498
c8i.32xlarge128256$5.997
c8i.48xlarge192384$8.996
c8i.metal-48xl192384$8.996
c8i.96xlarge384768$17.992
c8i.metal-96xl384768$17.992

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