c6in.2xlargevsc8in.2xlarge

c6in.2xlarge is 17% cheaper than c8in.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $66.21 a month.

At a glancec6in.2xlargec8in.2xlarge
On-demand$0.4536/hr17% less$0.5443/hr
Lowest rate$0.1313/hr48% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.2509/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 16 GiB8 vCPUs, 16 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.2xlargec8in.2xlargec8in.2xlarge vs c6in.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.4536$0.5443▲ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$0.131354% off$0.2509▲ 91%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.2858——
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$0.1647——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.328628% off$0.3944▲ 20%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$0.189758% off$0.2276▲ 20%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6in.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.4536 vs $0.5443 per hour
17% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth6,250 Mbps vs 2,500 Mbps
2.5× higher
Where c8in.2xlarge leads
IPv4 addresses per interface30 vs 15
2× higher
Max EBS volumes32 vs 27
19% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

15 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differc6in.2xlargec8in.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
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.2xlargec8in.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking2 of 8 differc6in.2xlargec8in.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 40000 MegabitUp to 40 Gigabit
Network baseline12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Network peak40 Gbps40 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1530
Storage8 of 11 differc6in.2xlargec8in.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 25000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth6,250 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth25,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput781.25 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,125 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS25,00012,000
EBS max IOPS100,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details1 of 10 differc6in.2xlargec8in.2xlarge
Familyc6inc8in
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
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.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6in.2xlargec8in.2xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.4427$0.5625▲ 27%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.4536$0.5443▲ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.4536$0.5443▲ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.4536$0.5443▲ 20%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.512$0.6144▲ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.5124$0.6149▲ 20%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.5166$0.6199▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.5208$0.625▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.5712$0.6854▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.5922$0.7106▲ 20%

Keep exploring

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

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