c8i.16xlarge

c8i.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.999 per hour on demand ($2,189.05 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.832 per hour. It is sold in 21 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $2.939 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$2.939$0.2939$2.231$1.522
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$2.999$0.722$2.286$1.562
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$2.999$0.2999$2.331$1.557
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.999$0.832$2.167$1.448
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.999$0.5964$2.167$1.448
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.999$1.126$2.167$1.448
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$3.211$1.022$2.34$1.609
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$3.217$0.3709$2.459$1.682
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$3.218$1.589$2.459$1.681
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$3.281$0.7215$2.489$1.581
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$3.387$0.8499$2.578$1.768
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$3.422$1.344$2.604$1.776
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$3.458$1.222$2.624$1.791
EU (London) eu-west-2$3.563$0.8949$2.697$1.856
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$3.563$0.6816$2.715$1.859
US West (N. California) us-west-1$3.74$0.9954$2.853$1.966
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$3.775$1.348$2.866$1.965
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$3.916$1.211$2.871$2.019
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$4.022$0.7782$3.186$2.215
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6$4.112–$3.015$2.12
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$4.622$1.427$3.519$2.397
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$2.999––
Ubuntu Pro$3.111––
SUSE$3.124––
RHEL$3.69––
Linux SQL Web$4.08––
RHEL HA$4.586––
RHEL SQL Web$4.771––
Windows$5.943––
Windows SQL Web$7.024––
Linux SQL Std$10.679––
RHEL SQL Std$11.37––
RHEL HA SQL Std$12.266––
Windows SQL Std$13.623––
Linux SQL Ent$26.999––
RHEL SQL Ent$27.69––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$28.586––
Windows SQL Ent$29.943––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores32
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)128
NetworkingValue
Network30 Gbps
Network baseline30 Gbps
Network peak30 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces16
IPv4 addresses per interface64
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000
EBS max IOPS80,000
Max EBS volumes48
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec8i.16xlarge
Familyc8i
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor128
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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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.