c8i.2xlarge

c8i.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.3748 per hour on demand ($273.60 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.1405 per hour. It is sold in 21 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.3674 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$0.3674$0.1396$0.2788$0.1903
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.3748$0.1246$0.2857$0.1953
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.3748$0.0375$0.2914$0.1946
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.3748$0.1405$0.2709$0.181
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.3748$0.0937$0.2709$0.181
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.3748$0.1519$0.2709$0.181
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.4013$0.0672$0.2925$0.2012
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.4022$0.0533$0.3074$0.2103
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.4022$0.2041$0.3073$0.2102
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.4101$0.1671$0.3112$0.1977
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.4234$0.1149$0.3223$0.221
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.4278$0.1814$0.3256$0.222
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.4322$0.1805$0.3281$0.2239
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.4454$0.1377$0.3371$0.2319
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.4454$0.1728$0.3394$0.2324
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.4674$0.1758$0.3567$0.2458
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.4719$0.1932$0.3582$0.2457
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.4895$0.2$0.3589$0.2524
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.5028$0.1861$0.3983$0.2769
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6$0.514–$0.3768$0.2651
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.5777$0.1108$0.4399$0.2996
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$0.3748––
Ubuntu Pro$0.3888––
RHEL$0.49––
SUSE$0.4998––
Linux SQL Web$0.51––
RHEL SQL Web$0.6252––
RHEL HA$0.63––
Windows$0.7428––
Windows SQL Web$0.878––
Linux SQL Std$1.335––
RHEL SQL Std$1.45––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.59––
Windows SQL Std$1.703––
Linux SQL Ent$3.375––
RHEL SQL Ent$3.49––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.63––
Windows SQL Ent$3.743––

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 baseline3.75 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 bandwidth2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec8i.2xlarge
Familyc8i
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
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.