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Part of the C1 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).11st Generation1 = 1st GenerationAWS 1st generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.xlargeExtra Large (1x)xlarge = Extra Large (1x)8 vCPUs • 7.0 GiB RAM • 1680 GB SSD • High Network
Price (Linux)
$0.5200/ hr
~$379.60/mo
Compute
8vCPUs
8 cores • x86_64
Memory
7.0GiB
0.9 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0650/ vCPU-hr
$0.0743/GiB-hr
Network
10Gbps
Baseline: 1 Gbps
Storage & EBS
125MB/s
Max: 8,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Family
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads8 vCPUs
Physical Cores8
Clock Speed—
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score96,299
CoreMark / vCPU12,037.3 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding32 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar185,190 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0650
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0743

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods58 pods
Max ECS Tasks3 tasks
Max ENIs4
IPv4/v6 per ENI15
Total Addressable IPs60 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceHigh
Baseline Bandwidth1 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingNo
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationSSD (1680 GB)
Local NVMe Disk1680 GB
EBS Baseline Throughput125 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput125 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS8,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS8,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput1 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor8
Generation StatusPrevious Generation
Date Introduced2008-05-29

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.5200/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.7180/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.6124/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
9regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 9 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$0.6550
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$0.6550
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$0.6320
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$0.6280
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$0.5920
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$0.7180
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$0.5200
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$0.5920
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$0.5200