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C8A Compute Optimized

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).88th Generation8 = 8th GenerationAWS 8th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.aAMD EPYCa = AMD EPYCAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor (x86_64). Powered by AMD EPYC x86_64 processors, delivering high core counts and cost-effective compute performance.

Common use cases

  • Batch processing
  • Scientific modeling
  • Gaming servers
  • High-performance web servers

Instance types (10)

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
c8a.medium12.0 GiBx86_64$0.0539
c8a.large24.0 GiBx86_64$0.1078
c8a.xlarge48.0 GiBx86_64$0.2155
c8a.2xlarge816.0 GiBx86_64$0.4311
c8a.4xlarge1632.0 GiBx86_64$0.8622
c8a.8xlarge3264.0 GiBx86_64$1.7243
c8a.12xlarge4896.0 GiBx86_64$2.5865
c8a.16xlarge64128.0 GiBx86_64$3.4486
c8a.24xlarge96192.0 GiBx86_64$5.1730
c8a.48xlarge192384.0 GiBx86_64$10.3459