c7gn.mediumvsc8gn.medium

c8gn.medium is 5% cheaper than c7gn.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2.26 a month.

At a glancec7gn.mediumc8gn.medium
On-demand$0.0624/hr$0.0593/hr5% less
Lowest rate$0.0124/hr2% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0127/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.

Optionc7gn.mediumc8gn.mediumc8gn.medium vs c7gn.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0624$0.0593▼ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.012479% off$0.0127▲ 2%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.0393——
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$0.0226——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.045228% off$0.0429▼ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$0.026158% off$0.0248▼ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7gn.medium leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where c8gn.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0593 vs $0.0624 per hour
5% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth760 Mbps vs 521 Mbps
46% higher
Clock speed2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher

Specs

8 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differc7gn.mediumc8gn.medium
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
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.mediumc8gn.medium
Memory (GiB)22
NetworkingAll 8 matchc7gn.mediumc8gn.medium
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline3.125 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface44
Storage4 of 11 differc7gn.mediumc8gn.medium
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth521 Mbps760 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput65.125 MB/s95 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,0832,500
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details1 of 10 differc7gn.mediumc8gn.medium
Familyc7gnc8gn
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 c7gn.medium first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7gn.mediumc8gn.mediumDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0624$0.0593▼ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0624$0.0593▼ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0624$0.0593▼ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0705$0.0669▼ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.074$0.0702▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0787$0.0746▼ 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.