c8id.48xlargevsr8id.48xlarge

c8id.48xlarge is 33% cheaper than r8id.48xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $3,885.21 a month.

At a glancec8id.48xlarger8id.48xlarge
On-demand$10.645/hr33% less$15.967/hr
Lowest rate$1.644/hr53% lessSpot, can be interrupted$3.509/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 384 GiB192 vCPUs, 1536 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.

Optionc8id.48xlarger8id.48xlarger8id.48xlarge vs c8id.48xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$10.645$15.967▲ 50%
SpotCan be interrupted85% off$1.64478% off$3.509▲ 113%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$7.68427% off$11.584▲ 51%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$5.14949% off$8.203▲ 59%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c8id.48xlarge leads
On-demand price$10.645 vs $15.967 per hour
33% cheaper
Where r8id.48xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)1,536 vs 384
4× higher

Specs

3 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchc8id.48xlarger8id.48xlarge
vCPUs192192
Physical cores9696
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 differc8id.48xlarger8id.48xlarge
Memory (GiB)3841,536
NetworkingAll 8 matchc8id.48xlarger8id.48xlarge
Network75000 Megabit75000 Megabit
Network baseline75 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak75 Gbps75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces2424
IPv4 addresses per interface6464
StorageAll 12 matchc8id.48xlarger8id.48xlarge
Storage3 x 3800 NVMe SSD3 x 3800 NVMe SSD
Local disks3 × 3,800 GB SSD3 × 3,800 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput60000 Mbps60000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth60,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput7,500 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput7,500 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Max EBS volumes128128
Instance details2 of 10 differc8id.48xlarger8id.48xlarge
Familyc8idr8id
CategoryCompute optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c8id.48xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc8id.48xlarger8id.48xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$10.645$15.967▲ 50%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$10.645$15.967▲ 50%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$10.645$15.967▲ 50%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$10.978$16.748▲ 53%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$11.531$16.854▲ 46%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$11.753$17.519▲ 49%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$12.086$17.741▲ 47%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$12.308$19.183▲ 56%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$13.527$19.293▲ 43%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$13.971$18.374▲ 32%

Keep exploring

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