c6id.24xlargevsc8id.24xlarge

c6id.24xlarge is 9% cheaper than c8id.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $353.17 a month.

At a glancec6id.24xlargec8id.24xlarge
On-demand$4.838/hr9% less$5.322/hr
Lowest rate$1.039/hr12% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.185/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 192 GiB96 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
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.

Optionc6id.24xlargec8id.24xlargec8id.24xlarge vs c6id.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.838$5.322▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$1.03978% off$1.185▲ 14%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$3.049——
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$2.022——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$3.49328% off$3.842▲ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$2.34152% off$2.575▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6id.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.838 vs $5.322 per hour
9% cheaper
Where c8id.24xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes64 vs 23
2.8× higher
IPv4 addresses per interface64 vs 50
28% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

13 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differc6id.24xlargec8id.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc6id.24xlargec8id.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking5 of 8 differc6id.24xlargec8id.24xlarge
Network37500 Megabit40000 Megabit
Network baseline37.5 Gbps40 Gbps
Network peak37.5 Gbps40 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1516
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage3 of 12 differc6id.24xlargec8id.24xlarge
Storage4 x 1425 NVMe SSD2 x 2850 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 1,425 GB SSD2 × 2,850 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput30000 Mbps30000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth30,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth30,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput3,750 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,750 MB/s3,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS120,000120,000
EBS max IOPS120,000120,000
Max EBS volumes2364
Instance details1 of 10 differc6id.24xlargec8id.24xlarge
Familyc6idc8id
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c6id.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6id.24xlargec8id.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.838$5.322▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.838$5.322▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.838$5.322▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$5.342$5.877▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.594$6.154▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$6.149$6.764▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$6.35$6.985▲ 10%

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