c7a.8xlargevsc7i.8xlarge

c7i.8xlarge is 13% cheaper than c7a.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $156.37 a month.

At a glancec7a.8xlargec7i.8xlarge
On-demand$1.642/hr$1.428/hr13% less
Lowest rate$0.4867/hr25% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.648/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 64 GiB32 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire 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.

Optionc7a.8xlargec7i.8xlargec7i.8xlarge vs c7a.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.642$1.428▼ 13%
SpotCan be interrupted70% off$0.486755% off$0.648▲ 33%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$1.08634% off$0.9446▼ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.72356% off$0.6287▼ 13%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$1.18728% off$1.032▼ 13%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.792952% off$0.6895▼ 13%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7a.8xlarge leads
Physical cores32 vs 16
2× higher
Where c7i.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.428 vs $1.642 per hour
13% cheaper

Specs

8 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 10 differc7a.8xlargec7i.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores3216
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speedUp to 3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Sustained clock3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc7a.8xlargec7i.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
NetworkingAll 8 matchc7a.8xlargec7i.8xlarge
Network12500 Megabit12500 Megabit
Network baseline12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
StorageAll 11 matchc7a.8xlargec7i.8xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00040,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differc7a.8xlargec7i.8xlarge
Familyc7ac7i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
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.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7a.8xlargec7i.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.642$1.428▼ 13%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.642$1.428▼ 13%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.642$1.428▼ 13%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$1.758$1.529▼ 13%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$1.762$1.532▼ 13%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.762$1.532▼ 13%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.874$1.63▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.893$1.646▼ 13%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.951$1.697▼ 13%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.048$1.781▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.067$1.798▼ 13%

Keep exploring

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

c7a.8xlargeCompute optimized, c7a family
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Compare c7i.8xlarge with

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