c6gn.8xlargevsc7gn.8xlarge

c6gn.8xlarge is 31% cheaper than c7gn.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $448.51 a month.

At a glancec6gn.8xlargec7gn.8xlarge
On-demand$1.382/hr31% less$1.997/hr
Lowest rate$0.4432/hr35% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.6793/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 64 GiB32 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionc6gn.8xlargec7gn.8xlargec7gn.8xlarge vs c6gn.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.382$1.997▲ 44%
SpotCan be interrupted68% off$0.443266% off$0.6793▲ 53%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.872537% off$1.258▲ 44%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.593564% off$0.7246▲ 22%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment24% off$1.04728% off$1.447▲ 38%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.712258% off$0.8346▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6gn.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.382 vs $1.997 per hour
31% cheaper
EBS baseline IOPS80,000 vs 66,667
20% higher
Where c7gn.8xlarge leads
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 50 Gbps
2× higher
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
5% higher
Clock speed2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higher

Specs

14 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differc6gn.8xlargec7gn.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores3232
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc6gn.8xlargec7gn.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking3 of 8 differc6gn.8xlargec7gn.8xlarge
Network50 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline50 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage6 of 11 differc6gn.8xlargec7gn.8xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput19000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps16,667 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,083.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00066,667
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differc6gn.8xlargec7gn.8xlarge
Familyc6gnc7gn
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c6gn.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6gn.8xlargec7gn.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.382$1.997▲ 44%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.382$1.997▲ 44%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.382$1.997▲ 44%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.562$2.256▲ 44%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.64$2.368▲ 44%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.744$2.518▲ 44%

Keep exploring

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

c6gn.8xlargeCompute optimized, c6gn family
c6gn.8xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c6gn family

Compare c6gn.8xlarge with

c6g.8xlargec6in.8xlarge
c7gn.8xlargeCompute optimized, c7gn family
c7gn.8xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c7gn family

Compare c7gn.8xlarge with

c7g.8xlargec8gn.8xlarge

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