c8id.metal-96xlvsr8id.metal-96xl

c8id.metal-96xl is 33% cheaper than r8id.metal-96xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $7,770.41 a month.

At a glancec8id.metal-96xlr8id.metal-96xl
On-demand$21.289/hr33% less$31.933/hr
Lowest rate$2.944/hr66% lessSpot, can be interrupted$8.608/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size384 vCPUs, 768 GiB384 vCPUs, 3072 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.metal-96xlr8id.metal-96xlr8id.metal-96xl vs c8id.metal-96xl
On-demandPay by the hour$21.289$31.933▲ 50%
SpotCan be interrupted86% off$2.94473% off$8.608▲ 192%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$15.36827% off$23.168▲ 51%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$10.29949% off$16.406▲ 59%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c8id.metal-96xl leads
On-demand price$21.289 vs $31.933 per hour
33% cheaper
Where r8id.metal-96xl leads
Memory (GiB)3,072 vs 768
4× higher

Specs

3 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchc8id.metal-96xlr8id.metal-96xl
vCPUs384384
Physical cores192192
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.metal-96xlr8id.metal-96xl
Memory (GiB)7683,072
NetworkingAll 8 matchc8id.metal-96xlr8id.metal-96xl
Network100000 Megabit100000 Megabit
Network baseline100 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces2424
IPv4 addresses per interface6464
StorageAll 12 matchc8id.metal-96xlr8id.metal-96xl
Storage6 x 3800 NVMe SSD6 x 3800 NVMe SSD
Local disks6 × 3,800 GB SSD6 × 3,800 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput80000 Mbps80000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth80,000 Mbps80,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth80,000 Mbps80,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput10,000 MB/s10,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput10,000 MB/s10,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS480,000480,000
EBS max IOPS480,000480,000
Max EBS volumes7979
Instance details2 of 9 differc8id.metal-96xlr8id.metal-96xl
Familyc8idr8id
CategoryCompute optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor768768
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c8id.metal-96xl first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc8id.metal-96xlr8id.metal-96xlDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$21.289$31.933▲ 50%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$21.289$31.933▲ 50%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$21.289$31.933▲ 50%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$21.955$33.496▲ 53%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$23.063$33.708▲ 46%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$23.507$35.038▲ 49%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$24.173$35.482▲ 47%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$24.616$38.365▲ 56%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$27.055$38.586▲ 43%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$27.942$36.749▲ 32%

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