c8gn.16xlargevsc8in.16xlarge

c8gn.16xlarge is 13% cheaper than c8in.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $410.70 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 glancec8gn.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
On-demand$3.792/hr13% less$4.355/hr
Lowest rate$0.8196/hr31% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.183/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 128 GiB64 vCPUs, 128 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.

Optionc8gn.16xlargec8in.16xlargec8in.16xlarge vs c8gn.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.792$4.355▲ 15%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.819673% off$1.183▲ 44%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.74728% off$3.155▲ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$1.58658% off$1.821▲ 15%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c8gn.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.792 vs $4.355 per hour
13% cheaper
Physical cores64 vs 32
2× higher
Network baseline200 Gbps vs 100 Gbps
2× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps vs 20,000 Mbps
2× higher
Where c8in.16xlarge leads
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
39% higher
IPv4 addresses per interface64 vs 50
28% higher

Specs

22 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differc8gn.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores6432
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerAWSIntel
Clock speed2.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc8gn.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking5 of 8 differc8gn.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
Network200 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline200 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak200 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1616
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage7 of 11 differc8gn.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps20000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS160,00080,000
EBS max IOPS160,00080,000
Max EBS volumes4848
Instance details2 of 10 differc8gn.16xlargec8in.16xlarge
Familyc8gnc8in
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c8gn.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc8gn.16xlargec8in.16xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$3.701$4.50▲ 22%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.792$4.355▲ 15%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.792$4.355▲ 15%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.792$4.355▲ 15%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$4.28$4.915▲ 15%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.284$4.919▲ 15%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.319$4.959▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.354$5.00▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.775$5.484▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.951$5.685▲ 15%

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.