c4.large vs c8gb.large

Instance Typec4.largec8gb.large
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedCompute optimized
DetailsObsolete. 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
4 – Generation
large – Size
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory3.75 GiB4 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.9 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc4.2xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.8xlarge, c4.large, c4.xlargec8gb.12xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gb.24xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gb.48xlarge, c8gb.4xlarge, c8gb.8xlarge, c8gb.large, c8gb.medium, c8gb.metal-24xl, c8gb.metal-48xl, c8gb.xlarge
Generationsc3.large, c4.large, c5.large, c6i.large, c7i.large, c8i.large
Variantsc8a.large, c8g.large, c8gd.large, c8gn.large, c8i-flex.large, c8i.large, c8ib.large, c8id.large, c8in.large, c8ine.large
SageMakerml.c4.large
OpenSearchc4.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units8
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput500 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps390.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 20 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.14x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c4.large
c8gb.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10000.1273
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1300n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1550n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.11000.1339
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.11300.1350
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.11400.1404
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.11400.1481
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.11500.1593
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1190n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1240n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.10000.1185
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10000.1185
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1185
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