c6in.xlargevsc8in.xlarge

c6in.xlarge is 17% cheaper than c8in.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $33.14 a month.

At a glancec6in.xlargec8in.xlarge
On-demand$0.2268/hr17% less$0.2722/hr
Lowest rate$0.0492/hr41% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.084/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 8 GiB4 vCPUs, 8 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.xlargec8in.xlargec8in.xlarge vs c6in.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.2268$0.2722▲ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.049269% off$0.084▲ 71%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.1429——
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$0.0824——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.164328% off$0.1972▲ 20%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$0.094858% off$0.1138▲ 20%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c6in.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.2268 vs $0.2722 per hour
17% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth3,125 Mbps vs 1,250 Mbps
2.5× higher
Where c8in.xlarge 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.xlargec8in.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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.xlargec8in.xlarge
Memory (GiB)88
Networking2 of 8 differc6in.xlargec8in.xlarge
NetworkUp to 30000 MegabitUp to 30 Gigabit
Network baseline6.25 Gbps6.25 Gbps
Network peak30 Gbps30 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1530
Storage8 of 11 differc6in.xlargec8in.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 25000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth3,125 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth25,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput390.625 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput3,125 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,5006,000
EBS max IOPS100,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details1 of 10 differc6in.xlargec8in.xlarge
Familyc6inc8in
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc6in.xlargec8in.xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.2213$0.2812▲ 27%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.2268$0.2722▲ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.2268$0.2722▲ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.2268$0.2722▲ 20%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.256$0.3072▲ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.2562$0.3074▲ 20%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.2583$0.31▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.2604$0.3125▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.2856$0.3427▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.2961$0.3553▲ 20%

Keep exploring

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

c6in.xlargeCompute optimized, c6in family
c6in.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c6in family

Compare c6in.xlarge with

c6i.xlargec6gn.xlargem6in.xlarger6in.xlargec5n.xlarge
c8in.xlargeCompute optimized, c8in family
c8in.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c8in family

Compare c8in.xlarge with

c8gn.xlargec8i.xlargem8in.xlarger8in.xlarge

Pay the committed rate, with commitment protection

The best committed rate on these two is 58–64% below on-demand. Connect your cloud accounts to unlock greater savings with commitment protection.

Connect AWS account

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