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c4.8xlarge

Part of the C4 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).44th Generation4 = 4th GenerationAWS 4th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.8xlarge8 Extra Large8xlarge = 8 Extra Large36 vCPUs • 60 GB RAM • EBS only • 10 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$1.5910/ hr
~$1,161.43/mo
Compute
36vCPUs
18 cores • x86_64
Memory
60GB
1.7 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0442/ vCPU-hr
$0.0265/GB-hr
Network
10 Gbps
Baseline: 10 Gbps
Storage & EBS
500MB/s
Max: 32,000 IOPS

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Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads36 vCPUs
Physical Cores18
Clock Speed2.9 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score597,510
CoreMark / vCPU16,597.5 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding155 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar375,556 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0442
Cost per GB-hr$0.0265

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 Bandwidth10 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput500 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput500 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS32,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS32,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput4000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor64
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2015-01-11

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$1.5910/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$2.4700/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$1.8632/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
16regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 16 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
$1.6000
ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
$2.0160
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$1.8150
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$1.8480
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$2.0850
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$2.0160
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$1.9150
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$1.7500
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$1.8170
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$1.8110
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$1.9020
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$2.4700
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$1.5910
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$1.5910
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$1.9930
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$1.5910