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c7i-flex.16xlarge is 5% cheaper than c8i-flex.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $98.84 a month.

At a glancec7i-flex.16xlargec8i-flex.16xlarge
On-demand$2.713/hr5% less$2.849/hr
Lowest rate$0.6456/hr18% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.7919/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 128 GiB64 vCPUs, 128 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.16xlargec8i-flex.16xlargec8i-flex.16xlarge vs c7i-flex.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.713$2.849▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted76% off$0.645672% off$0.7919▲ 23%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$1.795——
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$1.194——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$1.96128% off$2.059▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.3152% off$1.375▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7i-flex.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.713 vs $2.849 per hour
5% cheaper
Where c8i-flex.16xlarge leads
IPv4 addresses per interface64 vs 50
28% 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.16xlargec8i-flex.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
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.16xlargec8i-flex.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking5 of 8 differc7i-flex.16xlargec8i-flex.16xlarge
NetworkUp to 25000 MegabitUp to 30000 Megabit
Network baseline12.5 Gbps15 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1516
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
StorageAll 11 matchc7i-flex.16xlargec8i-flex.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 20000 MbpsUp to 20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00040,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes4848
Instance details1 of 10 differc7i-flex.16xlargec8i-flex.16xlarge
Familyc7i-flexc8i-flex
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
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.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7i-flex.16xlargec8i-flex.16xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$2.659$2.792▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.713$2.849▲ 5%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.713$2.849▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.713$2.849▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.713$2.849▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$2.713$2.849▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.91$3.056▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.911$3.057▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.969$3.117▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.064$3.218▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.096$3.251▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.129$3.285▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.224$3.385▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$3.224$3.385▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.384$3.553▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.415$3.586▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.543$3.72▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$3.639$3.821▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$3.72$3.906▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$4.181$4.391▲ 5%

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