c8gb.metal-48xlvsc8ib.metal-48xl

c8gb.metal-48xl is 13% cheaper than c8ib.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,232.02 a month. They use different processor architectures (arm64 and x86_64), so software built for one may need rebuilding to run on the other.

At a glancec8gb.metal-48xlc8ib.metal-48xl
On-demand$11.376/hr13% less$13.064/hr
Lowest rate$1.612/hr24% lessSpot, can be interrupted$2.134/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 384 GiB192 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturearm64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionc8gb.metal-48xlc8ib.metal-48xlc8ib.metal-48xl vs c8gb.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$11.376$13.064▲ 15%
SpotCan be interrupted86% off$1.61284% off$2.134▲ 32%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$8.24228% off$9.465▲ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$4.75758% off$5.463▲ 15%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c8gb.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$11.376 vs $13.064 per hour
13% cheaper
Physical cores192 vs 96
2× higher
Network baseline400 Gbps vs 200 Gbps
2× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth300,000 Mbps vs 150,000 Mbps
2× higher
Where c8ib.metal-48xl leads
Sustained clock3.9 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
44% higher
IPv4 addresses per interface64 vs 50
28% higher

Specs

23 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differc8gb.metal-48xlc8ib.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores19296
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerAWSIntel
Clock speed2.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock2.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc8gb.metal-48xlc8ib.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking5 of 9 differc8gb.metal-48xlc8ib.metal-48xl
Network400 Gigabit200 Gigabit
Network baseline400 Gbps200 Gbps
Network peak400 Gbps200 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces2424
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Network cards2–
Storage8 of 11 differc8gb.metal-48xlc8ib.metal-48xl
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput300000 Mbps150000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth300,000 Mbps150,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth300,000 Mbps150,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput37,500 MB/s18,750 MB/s
EBS max throughput37,500 MB/s18,750 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS1,440,000720,000
EBS max IOPS1,440,000720,000
Max EBS volumes7864
Instance details2 of 9 differc8gb.metal-48xlc8ib.metal-48xl
Familyc8gbc8ib
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS

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