cache.c7gn.8xlargevscache.c8gn.8xlarge

cache.c8gn.8xlarge is 10% cheaper than cache.c7gn.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $291.56 a month.

At a glancecache.c7gn.8xlargecache.c8gn.8xlarge
On-demand$4.073/hr$3.674/hr10% less
Lowest rate$2.118/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront$1.91/hr10% less3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size32 vCPUs, 52.26 GiB32 vCPUs, 61.33 GiB
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Redis, USD per hour.

Optioncache.c7gn.8xlargecache.c8gn.8xlargecache.c8gn.8xlarge vs cache.c7gn.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.073$3.674▼ 10%
1-yr reservedNo upfront32% off$2.7732% off$2.498▼ 10%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$2.11848% off$1.91▼ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where cache.c7gn.8xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where cache.c8gn.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.674 vs $4.073 per hour
10% cheaper
Memory (GiB)61.33 vs 52.26
17% higher
Sustained clock2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
8% higher

Specs

4 of 16 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 7 differcache.c7gn.8xlargecache.c8gn.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores3232
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differcache.c7gn.8xlargecache.c8gn.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)52.2661.33
NetworkingAll 3 matchcache.c7gn.8xlargecache.c8gn.8xlarge
Network100 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline100 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps100 Gbps
Instance details1 of 4 differcache.c7gn.8xlargecache.c8gn.8xlarge
Familyc7gnc8gn
CategoryNetwork optimizedNetwork optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor51.251.2
Other1 of 1 differcache.c7gn.8xlargecache.c8gn.8xlarge
Hardware Basisc7gn.8xlargec8gn.8xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for cache.c7gn.8xlarge first. Redis, USD per hour.

Regioncache.c7gn.8xlargecache.c8gn.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.073$3.674▼ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.073$3.674▼ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.073$3.674▼ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.602$4.15▼ 10%

Keep exploring

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

cache.c7gn.8xlargeNetwork optimized, c7gn family
cache.c7gn.8xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c7gn family
cache.c8gn.8xlargeNetwork optimized, c8gn family
cache.c8gn.8xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c8gn family

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