c6in.16xlargevsc8in.16xlarge

c6in.16xlarge is 17% cheaper than c8in.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $529.83 a month.

At a glancec6in.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
On-demand$3.629/hr17% less$4.355/hr
Lowest rate$0.7794/hr34% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.183/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 128 GiB64 vCPUs, 128 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.

Optionc6in.16xlargec8in.16xlargec8in.16xlarge vs c6in.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.629$4.355▲ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.779473% off$1.183▲ 52%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.286——
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$1.318——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.62928% off$3.155▲ 20%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$1.51858% off$1.821▲ 20%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6in.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.629 vs $4.355 per hour
17% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth50,000 Mbps vs 20,000 Mbps
2.5× higher
Where c8in.16xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes48 vs 27
78% higher
IPv4 addresses per interface64 vs 50
28% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

16 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differc6in.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
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 matchc6in.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking3 of 8 differc6in.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
Network100000 Megabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline100 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1516
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage8 of 11 differc6in.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput50000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth50,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth50,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput6,250 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput6,250 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS200,00080,000
EBS max IOPS200,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2748
Instance details1 of 10 differc6in.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
Familyc6inc8in
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c6in.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6in.16xlargec8in.16xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$3.541$4.50▲ 27%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.629$4.355▲ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.629$4.355▲ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.629$4.355▲ 20%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$4.096$4.915▲ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.099$4.919▲ 20%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.133$4.959▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.166$5.00▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.57$5.484▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.738$5.685▲ 20%

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