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Part of the C3 Compute Optimized family — High-performance processors for compute-intensive applications.

Name:cCompute Optimizedc = Compute OptimizedOptimized for compute-bound applications that benefit from high-performance processors (web servers, batch processing, gaming servers, and video encoding).33rd Generation3 = 3rd GenerationAWS 3rd generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.8xlarge8 Extra Large8xlarge = 8 Extra Large32 vCPUs • 60 GB RAM • 640 GB SSD • 10 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$1.6800/ hr
~$1,226.40/mo
Compute
32vCPUs
16 cores • x86_64
Memory
60GB
1.9 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0525/ vCPU-hr
$0.0280/GB-hr
Network
10 Gbps
Baseline: 5 Gbps
Storage & EBS
640 GB SSD
640 GB SSD

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads32 vCPUs
Physical Cores16
Clock Speed2.8 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score483,944
CoreMark / vCPU15,123.3 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding140 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar288,062 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0525
Cost per GB-hr$0.0280

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods
Max ECS Tasks7 tasks
Max ENIs8
IPv4/v6 per ENI30
Total Addressable IPs240 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance10 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth5 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationSSD (640 GB)
Local NVMe Disk640 GB SSD
EBS Baseline Throughput—
EBS Max Throughput—
EBS Baseline IOPS—
EBS Max / Burst IOPS—
Dedicated EBS Throughput1 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor64
Generation StatusPrevious Generation
Date Introduced2013-11-14

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$1.6800/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$2.6000/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$1.9982/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
11regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 11 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$1.8390
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$2.1170
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$2.1170
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$2.0430
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$2.0160
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$2.0640
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$1.9120
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$2.6000
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$1.6800
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$1.9120
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$1.6800