c4.8xlargevsc6i.8xlarge

c6i.8xlarge is 15% cheaper than c4.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $168.63 a month. Per vCPU, c6i.8xlarge costs 4% less.

At a glancec4.8xlargec6i.8xlarge
On-demand$1.591/hr$1.36/hr15% less
Lowest rate$0.4423/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.4397/hr1% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size36 vCPUs, 60 GiB32 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
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.

Optionc4.8xlargec6i.8xlargec6i.8xlarge vs c4.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.591$1.36▼ 15%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.442368% off$0.4397▼ 1%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.00834% off$0.8996▼ 11%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.70856% off$0.5988▼ 15%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.15928% off$0.9828▼ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.81552% off$0.6566▼ 19%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c4.8xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher
vCPUs36 vs 32
13% higher
Where c6i.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.36 vs $1.591 per hour
15% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 4,000 Mbps
2.5× higher
Network baseline12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
21% higher

Specs

25 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 11 differc4.8xlargec6i.8xlarge
vCPUs3632
Physical cores1816
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.9 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.9 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU132–
Memory1 of 1 differc4.8xlargec6i.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)6064
Networking4 of 8 differc4.8xlargec6i.8xlarge
Network10 Gigabit12500 Megabit
Network baseline10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoYes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage9 of 11 differc4.8xlargec6i.8xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput4000 Mbps10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput500 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput500 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS32,00040,000
EBS max IOPS32,00040,000
Max EBS volumes4027
Instance details4 of 10 differc4.8xlargec6i.8xlarge
Familyc4c6i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c4.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc4.8xlargec6i.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.591$1.36▼ 15%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.591$1.36▼ 15%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.591$1.36▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.60$1.36▼ 15%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$1.75$1.488▼ 15%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.811$1.459▼ 19%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.815$1.536▼ 15%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.817$1.552▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.848$1.568▼ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.902$1.616▼ 15%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.915$1.632▼ 15%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.993$1.696▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$2.016$1.712▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.016$1.712▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.085$1.776▼ 15%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$2.47$2.096▼ 15%

Keep exploring

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

c4.8xlargeCompute optimized, c4 family
c4.8xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c4 family

Compare c4.8xlarge with

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c6i.8xlargeCompute optimized, c6i family
c6i.8xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c6i family

Compare c6i.8xlarge with

c6g.8xlargec6in.8xlargem6i.8xlarger6i.8xlargec6a.8xlargec6id.8xlargec7i.8xlarge

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