c8i.xlarge

c8i.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.1874 per hour on demand ($136.80 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0679 per hour. It is sold in 21 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.1837 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$0.1837$0.0573$0.1394$0.0951
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.1874$0.0643$0.1429$0.0976
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.1874$0.0187$0.1457$0.0973
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.1874$0.0679$0.1354$0.0905
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.1874$0.0433$0.1354$0.0905
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.1874$0.0723$0.1354$0.0905
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.2007$0.0339$0.1462$0.1006
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.2011$0.0253$0.1537$0.1051
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.2011$0.102$0.1537$0.1051
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.2051$0.0794$0.1556$0.0988
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.2117$0.0547$0.1611$0.1105
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.2139$0.1017$0.1628$0.111
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.2161$0.0819$0.164$0.1119
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.2227$0.0672$0.1686$0.116
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.2227$0.0744$0.1697$0.1162
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.2337$0.0732$0.1783$0.1229
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.2359$0.0921$0.1791$0.1228
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.2448$0.1027$0.1794$0.1262
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.2514$0.0978$0.1991$0.1385
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6$0.257–$0.1884$0.1325
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.2889$0.0629$0.22$0.1498
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$0.1874––
Ubuntu Pro$0.1944––
SUSE$0.2437––
RHEL$0.245––
Linux SQL Web$0.255––
RHEL SQL Web$0.3126––
RHEL HA$0.315––
Windows$0.3714––
Windows SQL Web$0.439––
Linux SQL Std$0.6674––
RHEL SQL Std$0.725––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.795––
Windows SQL Std$0.8514––
Linux SQL Ent$1.687––
RHEL SQL Ent$1.745––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.815––
Windows SQL Ent$1.871––

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 baseline1.875 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 bandwidth1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec8i.xlarge
Familyc8i
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare c8i.xlarge

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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.