c8a.xlarge

The c8a.xlarge instance is in the Compute optimized family with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB of memory and up to 12.5 Gibps of bandwidth starting at $0.21554 per hour.

Pricing

$0.216

On Demand

$0.088

Spot

N/A

1-Year Reserved

N/A

3-Year Reserved

Family Sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)
c8a.medium12
c8a.large24
c8a.xlarge48
c8a.2xlarge816
c8a.4xlarge1632
c8a.8xlarge3264
c8a.12xlarge4896
c8a.16xlarge64128
c8a.24xlarge96192
c8a.metal-24xl96192
c8a.48xlarge192384
c8a.metal-48xl192384

Instance Variants

Variant
c8a
c8g
c8gb
c8gd
c8gn
c8i
c8i-flex
c8ib
c8id
c8in
c8ine

Instance Details

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Memory (GiB)8
Memory per vCPU (GiB)2
Physical ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed (GHz)Up to 4.5 GHz
CPU Architecturex86_64
GPU
0
GPU Average Wattage0 W
GPU Architecture
none
Video Memory (GiB)0
GPU Compute Capability ?0
FPGA
0
ffmpeg FPS68
CoreMark iterations/Second188146.754468
NUMA ArchitectureValue
Uses NUMA Architecture ?No
NUMA Node CountN/A
Max NUMA DistanceN/A
Cores per NUMA Node (Avg)N/A
Threads per NUMA Node (Avg)N/A
Memory per NUMA Node (Avg MB)N/A
L3 Cache per NUMA Node (Avg MB)N/A
L3 Cache SharedN/A
NetworkingValue
Network Performance (Gibps)up to 12.5
Enhanced Networking
true
IPv6
true
Placement Group ?
Trunking Compatible
true
Branch Interface18
Max ECS Tasks ?20
StorageValue
EBS Optimized
true
Max Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS10000
Max Throughput (MB/s) on EBS1250
Max I/O operations/second IOPS40000
Baseline Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS1250
Baseline Throughput (MB/s) on EBS156.25
Baseline I/O operations/second IOPS6000
Devices0
Swap Partition
false
NVME Drive ?
false
Disk Space (GiB)0
SSD
false
Initialize Storage
false
Instance Store Read IOPSN/A
Instance Store Write IOPSN/A
AmazonValue
Generation
current
Date Introduced2025-12-02
Instance Typec8a.xlarge
Bare Metal
false
FamilyCompute optimized
NameC8A Extra Large
Elastic Map Reduce EMR
false
By Net service