c3.8xlargevsc4.8xlarge

c4.8xlarge is 5% cheaper than c3.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $64.97 a month. Per vCPU, c4.8xlarge costs 16% less.

At a glancec3.8xlargec4.8xlarge
On-demand$1.68/hr$1.591/hr5% less
Lowest rate$0.4725/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.4423/hr6% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 60 GiB36 vCPUs, 60 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc3.8xlargec4.8xlargec4.8xlarge vs c3.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.68$1.591▼ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.472572% off$0.4423▼ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront30% off$1.16837% off$1.008▼ 14%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—55% off$0.708—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.22127% off$1.159▼ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment37% off$1.05149% off$0.815▼ 22%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c3.8xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where c4.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.591 vs $1.68 per hour
5% cheaper
Network baseline10 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
2× higher
ECU132 vs 108
22% higher
Max EBS volumes40 vs 39
3% higher

Specs

21 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 11 differc3.8xlargec4.8xlarge
vCPUs3236
Physical cores1618
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.8 GHz2.9 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz2.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU108132
MemoryAll 1 matchc3.8xlargec4.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)6060
Networking1 of 8 differc3.8xlargec4.8xlarge
Network10 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Network baseline5 Gbps10 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoNo
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage11 of 12 differc3.8xlargec4.8xlarge
Storage2 x 320 SSDEBS only
Local disks2 × 320 GB SSD–
EBS optimizedNoYes
EBS over NVMeNoNo
EBS throughput–4000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth–4,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–4,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–500 MB/s
EBS max throughput–500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–32,000
EBS max IOPS–32,000
Max EBS volumes3940
Instance details2 of 10 differc3.8xlargec4.8xlarge
Familyc3c4
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationNoYes
Normalization factor6464
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c3.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc3.8xlargec4.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.68$1.591▼ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.68$1.591▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.839$1.815▼ 1%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.912$1.811▼ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.912$1.993▲ 4%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.016$1.915▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.043$2.016▼ 1%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.064$1.817▼ 12%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.117$1.848▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.117$2.085▼ 2%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$2.60$2.47▼ 5%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.