c7i-flex.2xlargevsc7i.2xlarge

c7i-flex.2xlarge is 5% cheaper than c7i.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $12.99 a month.

At a glancec7i-flex.2xlargec7i.2xlarge
On-demand$0.3392/hr5% less$0.357/hr
Lowest rate$0.1226/hr32% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1794/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 16 GiB8 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire 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.2xlargec7i.2xlargec7i.2xlarge vs c7i-flex.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.3392$0.357▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted64% off$0.122650% off$0.1794▲ 46%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.224434% off$0.2362▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.149356% off$0.1572▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.245128% off$0.258▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.163752% off$0.1724▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7i-flex.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.3392 vs $0.357 per hour
5% cheaper
Where c7i.2xlarge leads
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 1.562 Gbps
2× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps vs 1,250 Mbps
2× higher

Specs

8 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 10 differc7i-flex.2xlargec7i.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.2 GHz3.2 GHz
Sustained clock3.2 GHz3.2 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.2xlargec7i.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 8 differc7i-flex.2xlargec7i.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline1.562 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage3 of 11 differc7i-flex.2xlargec7i.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,00012,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details3 of 10 differc7i-flex.2xlargec7i.2xlarge
Familyc7i-flexc7i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c7i-flex.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7i-flex.2xlargec7i.2xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.3324$0.3499▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.3324$0.3499▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.3392$0.357▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.3392$0.357▲ 5%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.3392$0.357▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.3392$0.357▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.3392$0.357▲ 5%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.3561$0.3748▲ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.3631$0.3822▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.3638$0.383▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.3639$0.383▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.3711$0.3906▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.383$0.4032▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.3842$0.4045▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.387$0.4074▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.391$0.4116▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.3911$0.4116▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.403$0.4242▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.403$0.4242▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.403$0.4242▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.407$0.4284▲ 5%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.4076$0.429▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.4229$0.4452▲ 5%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.4258$0.4482▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.4269$0.4494▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.4309$0.4536▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.4429$0.4662▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.4548$0.4788▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.465$0.4895▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.5227$0.5502▲ 5%

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