c6id.32xlargevsc8id.32xlarge

c6id.32xlarge is 9% cheaper than c8id.32xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $470.92 a month.

At a glancec6id.32xlargec8id.32xlarge
On-demand$6.451/hr9% less$7.096/hr
Lowest rate$2.204/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.42/hr36% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size128 vCPUs, 256 GiB128 vCPUs, 256 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.32xlargec8id.32xlargec8id.32xlarge vs c6id.32xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$6.451$7.096▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$2.20480% off$1.42▼ 36%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$4.066——
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$2.696——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$4.65728% off$5.123▲ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$3.12152% off$3.433▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6id.32xlarge leads
On-demand price$6.451 vs $7.096 per hour
9% cheaper
Where c8id.32xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes88 vs 23
3.8× higher
Max network interfaces24 vs 15
60% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

11 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differc6id.32xlargec8id.32xlarge
vCPUs128128
Physical cores6464
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.32xlargec8id.32xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking3 of 8 differc6id.32xlargec8id.32xlarge
Network50000 Megabit50000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1524
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage3 of 12 differc6id.32xlargec8id.32xlarge
Storage4 x 1900 NVMe SSD2 x 3800 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 1,900 GB SSD2 × 3,800 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps40000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS160,000160,000
EBS max IOPS160,000160,000
Max EBS volumes2388
Instance details1 of 10 differc6id.32xlargec8id.32xlarge
Familyc6idc8id
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor256256
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.32xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6id.32xlargec8id.32xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$6.451$7.096▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$6.451$7.096▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$6.451$7.096▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$7.123$7.835▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$7.459$8.205▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$8.198$9.018▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$8.467$9.314▲ 10%

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