c7gn.8xlargevsc8gn.8xlarge

c8gn.8xlarge is 5% cheaper than c7gn.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $73.58 a month.

At a glancec7gn.8xlargec8gn.8xlarge
On-demand$1.997/hr$1.896/hr5% less
Lowest rate$0.6793/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.4361/hr36% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 64 GiB32 vCPUs, 64 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.

Optionc7gn.8xlargec8gn.8xlargec8gn.8xlarge vs c7gn.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.997$1.896▼ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$0.679377% off$0.4361▼ 36%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.258——
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$0.7246——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$1.44728% off$1.374▼ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$0.834658% off$0.7929▼ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7gn.8xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where c8gn.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.896 vs $1.997 per hour
5% cheaper
Max network interfaces10 vs 8
25% higher
EBS baseline IOPS80,000 vs 66,667
20% higher
Clock speed2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher

Specs

10 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differc7gn.8xlargec8gn.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores3232
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc7gn.8xlargec8gn.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking1 of 8 differc7gn.8xlargec8gn.8xlarge
Network100 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline100 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces810
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage4 of 11 differc7gn.8xlargec8gn.8xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth16,667 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,083.375 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS66,66780,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details2 of 10 differc7gn.8xlargec8gn.8xlarge
Familyc7gnc8gn
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c7gn.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7gn.8xlargec8gn.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.997$1.896▼ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.997$1.896▼ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.997$1.896▼ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.256$2.142▼ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.368$2.247▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.518$2.388▼ 5%

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.