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c7i-flex.8xlarge is 5% cheaper than c8i-flex.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $49.42 a month.

At a glancec7i-flex.8xlargec8i-flex.8xlarge
On-demand$1.357/hr5% less$1.424/hr
Lowest rate$0.4617/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.3775/hr18% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 64 GiB32 vCPUs, 64 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.8xlargec8i-flex.8xlargec8i-flex.8xlarge vs c7i-flex.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.357$1.424▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$0.461773% off$0.3775▼ 18%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.8974——
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.5972——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.980328% off$1.029▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.654952% off$0.6877▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7i-flex.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.357 vs $1.424 per hour
5% cheaper
Where c8i-flex.8xlarge 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.8xlargec8i-flex.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
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.8xlargec8i-flex.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking5 of 8 differc7i-flex.8xlargec8i-flex.8xlarge
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Network baseline6.25 Gbps7.5 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps15 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces810
IPv4 addresses per interface3050
StorageAll 11 matchc7i-flex.8xlargec8i-flex.8xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth5,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput625 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,00020,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differc7i-flex.8xlargec8i-flex.8xlarge
Familyc7i-flexc8i-flex
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
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.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7i-flex.8xlargec8i-flex.8xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$1.329$1.396▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$1.357$1.424▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.357$1.424▲ 5%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.357$1.424▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.357$1.424▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.357$1.424▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$1.455$1.528▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.456$1.528▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$1.484$1.558▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.532$1.609▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.548$1.625▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.564$1.642▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$1.612$1.692▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$1.612$1.692▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.692$1.776▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.708$1.793▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.772$1.86▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.819$1.91▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$1.86$1.953▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$2.091$2.195▲ 5%

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