c7i.48xlargevsc8i.48xlarge

c7i.48xlarge is 5% cheaper than c8i.48xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $312.59 a month.

At a glancec7i.48xlargec8i.48xlarge
On-demand$8.568/hr5% less$8.996/hr
Lowest rate$2.341/hrSpot, can be interrupted$2.079/hr11% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 384 GiB192 vCPUs, 384 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.48xlargec8i.48xlargec8i.48xlarge vs c7i.48xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.568$8.996▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted73% off$2.34177% off$2.079▼ 11%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$5.668——
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$3.772——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$6.19228% off$6.501▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$4.13752% off$4.344▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7i.48xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.568 vs $8.996 per hour
5% cheaper
Where c8i.48xlarge leads
Max network interfaces24 vs 15
60% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
50% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
22% higher

Specs

14 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differc7i.48xlargec8i.48xlarge
vCPUs192192
Physical cores9696
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 AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMXIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc7i.48xlargec8i.48xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking5 of 8 differc7i.48xlargec8i.48xlarge
Network50000 Megabit75000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1524
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage5 of 11 differc7i.48xlargec8i.48xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps60000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Max EBS volumes128128
Instance details1 of 10 differc7i.48xlargec8i.48xlarge
Familyc7ic8i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c7i.48xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7i.48xlargec8i.48xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$8.397$8.817▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$8.568$8.996▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$8.568$8.996▲ 5%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.568$8.996▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.568$8.996▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.568$8.996▲ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$9.173$9.632▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$9.192$9.652▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$9.193$9.653▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$9.374$9.843▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$9.677$10.161▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.778$10.266▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$9.878$10.373▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$10.181$10.69▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$10.181$10.69▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$10.685$11.219▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$10.786$11.325▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$11.189$11.748▲ 5%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$11.491$12.066▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$11.748$12.336▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$13.205$13.865▲ 5%

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