c7i.xlarge vs c8i.xlarge

Instance Typec7i.xlargec8i.xlarge
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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
xlarge – 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
i – Intel processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7i.12xlarge, c7i.16xlarge, c7i.24xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c7i.48xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c7i.8xlarge, c7i.large, c7i.metal-24xl, c7i.metal-48xl, c7i.xlargec8i.12xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8i.24xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8i.32xlarge, c8i.48xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8i.96xlarge, c8i.large, c8i.metal-48xl, c8i.metal-96xl, c8i.xlarge
Generationsc6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlargec6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge
Variantsc7a.xlarge, c7g.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c7i-flex.xlargec8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gb.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8in.xlarge, c8ine.xlarge
SageMakerml.c7i.xlarge
OpenSearchc7i.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c7i.xlarge
c8i.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.1874
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.17490.1837
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.17850.1874
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.1749n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17850.1874
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.19530.2161
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.20110.2227
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.20160.2227
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.20220.2337
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.20370.2359
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.20580.2448
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.20580.2514
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.21210.2570
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.21210.2889
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2121n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17850.1874
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2142n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2142n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2145n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2226n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2241n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2247n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2247n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2268n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2331n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.2331n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.17850.1874
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2394n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.2448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.2751n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.17850.2007
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.18740.2011
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.19110.2011
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.19150.2051
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.19150.2117
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.19530.2139
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