c8gb.8xlarge vs c3.8xlarge

Instance Typec8gb.8xlargec3.8xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedCompute optimized
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
3 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory64 GiB60 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8gb.12xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gb.24xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gb.48xlarge, c8gb.4xlarge, c8gb.8xlarge, c8gb.large, c8gb.medium, c8gb.metal-24xl, c8gb.metal-48xl, c8gb.xlargec3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlarge
Generationsc3.8xlarge, c4.8xlarge, c6i.8xlarge, c7i.8xlarge, c8i.8xlarge
Variantsc8a.8xlarge, c8g.8xlarge, c8gd.8xlarge, c8gn.8xlarge, c8i-flex.8xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8ib.8xlarge, c8id.8xlarge, c8in.8xlarge, c8ine.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units108
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 320 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput50000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth50000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth50000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput6250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance66.667 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces108
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8gb.8xlarge
c3.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)n/a1.8390
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a1.9120
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.9120
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a2.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a2.0430
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a2.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.1170
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.1170
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.6000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.89601.6800
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.89601.6800
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