c8i.12xlargevsm8i.12xlarge

c8i.12xlarge is 11% cheaper than m8i.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $212.58 a month.

At a glancec8i.12xlargem8i.12xlarge
On-demand$2.249/hr11% less$2.54/hr
Lowest rate$0.6702/hr18% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.8156/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 96 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite 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.

Optionc8i.12xlargem8i.12xlargem8i.12xlarge vs c8i.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.249$2.54▲ 13%
SpotCan be interrupted70% off$0.670268% off$0.8156▲ 22%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$1.62527% off$1.866▲ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.08649% off$1.288▲ 19%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c8i.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.249 vs $2.54 per hour
11% cheaper
Where m8i.12xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)192 vs 96
2× higher

Specs

4 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchc8i.12xlargem8i.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMXIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differc8i.12xlargem8i.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)96192
NetworkingAll 8 matchc8i.12xlargem8i.12xlarge
Network22500 Megabit22500 Megabit
Network baseline22.5 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Network peak22.5 Gbps22.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1212
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 11 matchc8i.12xlargem8i.12xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00060,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Max EBS volumes3232
Instance details3 of 10 differc8i.12xlargem8i.12xlarge
Familyc8im8i
CategoryCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c8i.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc8i.12xlargem8i.12xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$2.204$2.699▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$2.249$2.672▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.249$2.672▲ 19%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.249$2.54▲ 13%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.249$2.54▲ 13%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.249$2.54▲ 13%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.413$2.831▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.413$2.831▲ 17%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.461$2.831▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.54$3.122▲ 23%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.567$3.043▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.593$3.175▲ 22%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.672$2.937▲ 10%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.672$2.963▲ 11%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.805$2.963▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.831$3.281▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.937$3.175▲ 8%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$3.017$3.361▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$3.084$3.334▲ 8%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.466$4.048▲ 17%

Keep exploring

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

c8i.12xlargeCompute optimized, c8i family
c8i.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c8i family

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m8i.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m8i family

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