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c7i-flex.12xlarge is 5% cheaper than c8i-flex.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $74.17 a month.

At a glancec7i-flex.12xlargec8i-flex.12xlarge
On-demand$2.035/hr5% less$2.136/hr
Lowest rate$0.4543/hr22% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.5828/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 96 GiB48 vCPUs, 96 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite 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.

Optionc7i-flex.12xlargec8i-flex.12xlargec8i-flex.12xlarge vs c7i-flex.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.035$2.136▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.454373% off$0.5828▲ 28%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$1.346——
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.8958——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$1.4728% off$1.544▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.982452% off$1.032▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7i-flex.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.035 vs $2.136 per hour
5% cheaper
Where c8i-flex.12xlarge leads
IPv4 addresses per interface50 vs 30
67% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
22% higher

Specs

10 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differc7i-flex.12xlargec8i-flex.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AMX; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc7i-flex.12xlargec8i-flex.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)9696
Networking5 of 8 differc7i-flex.12xlargec8i-flex.12xlarge
NetworkUp to 18750 MegabitUp to 22500 Megabit
Network baseline9.375 Gbps11.25 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces812
IPv4 addresses per interface3050
StorageAll 11 matchc7i-flex.12xlargec8i-flex.12xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 15000 MbpsUp to 15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth7,500 Mbps7,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput937.5 MB/s937.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,00030,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differc7i-flex.12xlargec8i-flex.12xlarge
Familyc7i-flexc8i-flex
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadPartition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c7i-flex.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7i-flex.12xlargec8i-flex.12xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$1.994$2.094▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.035$2.136▲ 5%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.035$2.136▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.035$2.136▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.035$2.136▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$2.035$2.136▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.183$2.292▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.183$2.292▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.226$2.338▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.298$2.413▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.322$2.438▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.347$2.464▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.418$2.539▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.418$2.539▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.538$2.664▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.562$2.69▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.657$2.79▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$2.729$2.866▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$2.79$2.93▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.136$3.293▲ 5%

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