c8gd.8xlargevsc9gd.8xlarge

c8gd.8xlarge is 8% cheaper than c9gd.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $103.00 a month.

At a glancec8gd.8xlargec9gd.8xlarge
On-demand$1.568/hr8% less$1.709/hr
Lowest rate$0.463/hr28% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.6395/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 64 GiB32 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionc8gd.8xlargec9gd.8xlargec9gd.8xlarge vs c8gd.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.568$1.709▲ 9%
SpotCan be interrupted70% off$0.46363% off$0.6395▲ 38%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$1.13228% off$1.234▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.758452% off$0.8266▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c8gd.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.568 vs $1.709 per hour
8% cheaper
Where c9gd.8xlarge leads
IPv4 addresses per interface50 vs 30
67% higher
Clock speed3.3 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
22% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth12,000 Mbps vs 10,000 Mbps
20% higher

Specs

16 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 9 differc8gd.8xlargec9gd.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores3232
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
CPU makerAWSAWS
Clock speed2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz3.3 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc8gd.8xlargec9gd.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking5 of 8 differc8gd.8xlargec9gd.8xlarge
Network15 Gigabit17 Gigabit
Network baseline15 Gbps17 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps17 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces810
IPv4 addresses per interface3050
Storage7 of 12 differc8gd.8xlargec9gd.8xlarge
Storage1 x 1900 NVMe SSD1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 1,900 GB SSD1 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps12,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps12,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s1,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00048,000
EBS max IOPS40,00048,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details1 of 10 differc8gd.8xlargec9gd.8xlarge
Familyc8gdc9gd
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 c8gd.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc8gd.8xlargec9gd.8xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$1.555$1.694▲ 9%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.568$1.709▲ 9%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.568$1.709▲ 9%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.568$1.709▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$1.796$1.958▲ 9%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.813$1.976▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.829$1.993▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.992$2.171▲ 9%

Keep exploring

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

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