c8g.8xlargevsc8gb.8xlarge

c8g.8xlarge is 33% cheaper than c8gb.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $452.45 a month.

At a glancec8g.8xlargec8gb.8xlarge
On-demand$1.276/hr33% less$1.896/hr
Lowest rate$0.3904/hr47% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.736/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 64 GiB32 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc8g.8xlargec8gb.8xlargec8gb.8xlarge vs c8g.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.276$1.896▲ 49%
SpotCan be interrupted69% off$0.390461% off$0.736▲ 89%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$0.841——
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.5608——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.914928% off$1.374▲ 50%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.617858% off$0.7929▲ 28%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c8g.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.276 vs $1.896 per hour
33% cheaper
Where c8gb.8xlarge leads
EBS baseline IOPS240,000 vs 40,000
6× higher
Network baseline66.666 Gbps vs 15 Gbps
4.4× higher
Clock speed2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
4% higher

Specs

13 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 9 differc8g.8xlargec8gb.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores3232
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.7 GHz2.8 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc8g.8xlargec8gb.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking4 of 8 differc8g.8xlargec8gb.8xlarge
Network15 Gigabit66.667 Gigabit
Network baseline15 Gbps66.666 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps66.666 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces810
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage7 of 11 differc8g.8xlargec8gb.8xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps50000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps50,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps50,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s6,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s6,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000240,000
EBS max IOPS40,000240,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differc8g.8xlargec8gb.8xlarge
Familyc8gc8gb
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFIUEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c8g.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc8g.8xlargec8gb.8xlargeDifference
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.272$1.896▲ 49%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.276$1.896▲ 49%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.276$1.896▲ 49%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$1.362$2.037▲ 50%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.365$2.142▲ 57%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.451$2.159▲ 49%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$1.511$2.247▲ 49%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$1.586$2.37▲ 49%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$1.706$2.549▲ 49%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

c8g.8xlargeCompute optimized, c8g family
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c8gb.8xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c8gb family

Compare c8gb.8xlarge with

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