c7a.12xlargevsc8a.12xlarge

c7a.12xlarge is 5% cheaper than c8a.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $89.86 a month.

At a glancec7a.12xlargec8a.12xlarge
On-demand$2.463/hr5% less$2.587/hr
Lowest rate$0.5961/hr12% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.6765/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 96 GiB48 vCPUs, 96 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
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.

Optionc7a.12xlargec8a.12xlargec8a.12xlarge vs c7a.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.463$2.587▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted76% off$0.596174% off$0.6765▲ 13%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$1.629——
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$1.085——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$1.7828% off$1.869▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.18952% off$1.249▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7a.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.463 vs $2.587 per hour
5% cheaper
Where c8a.12xlarge leads
IPv4 addresses per interface64 vs 30
2.1× higher
Clock speedUp to 4.5 GHz vs Up to 3.7 GHz
22% higher

Specs

9 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differc7a.12xlargec8a.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speedUp to 3.7 GHzUp to 4.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.7 GHz4.5 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc7a.12xlargec8a.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)9696
Networking5 of 8 differc7a.12xlargec8a.12xlarge
Network18750 Megabit22500 Megabit
Network baseline18.75 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces812
IPv4 addresses per interface3064
StorageAll 11 matchc7a.12xlargec8a.12xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00060,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differc7a.12xlargec8a.12xlarge
Familyc7ac8a
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
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 c7a.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7a.12xlargec8a.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.463$2.587▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.463$2.587▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.463$2.587▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.642$2.775▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.643$2.775▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.811$2.952▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.101$3.256▲ 5%

Keep exploring

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Compare c8a.12xlarge with

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