c7g.mediumvsc8g.medium

c7g.medium is 9% cheaper than c8g.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2.63 a month.

At a glancec7g.mediumc8g.medium
On-demand$0.0363/hr9% less$0.0399/hr
Lowest rate$0.0143/hr21% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.018/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size1 vCPUs, 2 GiB1 vCPUs, 2 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc7g.mediumc8g.mediumc8g.medium vs c7g.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0363$0.0399▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted61% off$0.014355% off$0.018▲ 26%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.023934% off$0.0263▲ 10%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.015956% off$0.0175▲ 10%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.02628% off$0.0286▲ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.017652% off$0.0193▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7g.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0363 vs $0.0399 per hour
9% cheaper
Where c8g.medium leads
Max EBS volumes32 vs 27
19% higher
Clock speed2.7 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
8% higher

Specs

7 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differc7g.mediumc8g.medium
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.7 GHz
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc7g.mediumc8g.medium
Memory (GiB)22
Networking1 of 8 differc7g.mediumc8g.medium
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Network baseline0.52 Gbps0.52 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface44
Storage2 of 11 differc7g.mediumc8g.medium
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10 Gbps
EBS baseline bandwidth315 Mbps315 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput39.375 MB/s39.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5002,500
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details1 of 10 differc7g.mediumc8g.medium
Familyc7gc8g
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor22
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c7g.medium first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7g.mediumc8g.mediumDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.0245$0.027▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0245$0.027▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.0354$0.0389▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.0354$0.0389▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0361$0.0397▲ 10%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0363$0.0399▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0363$0.0399▲ 10%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.0387$0.0426▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0388$0.0426▲ 10%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.0388$0.0426▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.0395$0.0435▲ 10%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.0395$0.0435▲ 10%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.0407$0.0448▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.0408$0.0449▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.0409$0.045▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.0412$0.0454▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.0417$0.0458▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.0417$0.0458▲ 10%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.0428$0.0471▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0429$0.0472▲ 10%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.0429$0.0472▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.0434$0.0477▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0434$0.0477▲ 10%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.0451$0.0496▲ 10%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.0454$0.0499▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.0455$0.0501▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.0455$0.05▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0455$0.05▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.0472$0.0519▲ 10%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.0485$0.0533▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.0495$0.0545▲ 10%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.0555$0.0611▲ 10%

Keep exploring

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

c7g.mediumCompute optimized, c7g family
c7g.medium prices and specsEvery size in the c7g family

Compare c7g.medium with

m7g.mediumr7g.mediumc7a.mediumc7gd.mediumc7gn.mediumc6g.medium
c8g.mediumCompute optimized, c8g family
c8g.medium prices and specsEvery size in the c8g family

Compare c8g.medium with

c8gb.mediumc8gn.mediumm8g.mediumr8g.mediumc8a.mediumc8gd.mediumc9g.medium

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