hpc7a.96xlargevshpc8a.96xlarge

At a glancehpc7a.96xlargehpc8a.96xlarge
Size192 vCPUs, 768 GiB192 vCPUs, 768 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where hpc7a.96xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where hpc8a.96xlarge leads
Network baseline600 Gbps vs 300 Gbps
2× higher
Clock speed4.5 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
22% higher

Specs

7 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 10 differhpc7a.96xlargehpc8a.96xlarge
vCPUs192192
Physical cores192192
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed3.7 GHz4.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.7 GHz4.5 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchhpc7a.96xlargehpc8a.96xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking2 of 9 differhpc7a.96xlargehpc8a.96xlarge
Network300 Gigabit300 Gigabit
Network baseline300 Gbps600 Gbps
Network peak300 Gbps600 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Network cards22
StorageAll 11 matchhpc7a.96xlargehpc8a.96xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput87 Mbps87 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth87 Mbps87 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,085 Mbps2,085 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput10.875 MB/s10.875 MB/s
EBS max throughput260.625 MB/s260.625 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS500500
EBS max IOPS11,00011,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differhpc7a.96xlargehpc8a.96xlarge
Familyhpc7ahpc8a
CategoryCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for hpc7a.96xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionhpc7a.96xlargehpc8a.96xlargeDifference
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.20$7.92▲ 10%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$7.725$8.498▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$8.667$9.534▲ 10%

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