InstanceFinder / AWS / c8a.2xlarge
c8a.2xlarge
EC2 instance type · 8 vCPU · 16 GiB RAM · x86_64
On-demand
$0.4311/hr
Monthly
$314.69/mo
vCPU
8
Memory
16 GiB
The c8a.2xlarge is an EC2 instance type with 8 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory (2 GiB per vCPU), on the x86_64 architecture. On-demand pricing starts at $0.4311/hr ($314.69/mo) in us-east-1. It is available in 6 AWS region(s). Not affiliated with AWS.
Pricing — on-demand, us-east-1
| Hourly (USD) | $0.4311 |
|---|---|
| Monthly (USD, 730 h) | $314.69 |
| Per vCPU-hour (USD) | $0.0539 |
| Per GiB-hour (USD) | $0.0269 |
Full specification
| Family | c8a |
|---|---|
| Size | 2xlarge |
| Generation | 8 |
| Current Generation | Yes |
| Bare Metal | No |
| Hypervisor | nitro |
| Free Tier | No |
| Burstable | No |
| Dedicated Hosts | Yes |
| Auto Recovery | Yes |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Supported Usage | on-demand, spot |
| Spot Supported | Yes |
| Boot Modes | legacy-bios, uefi |
| Virt Types | hvm |
| Root Device Types | ebs |
| Nitro Enclaves | Yes |
| Nitro Tpm | Yes |
| Vcpu | 8 |
| Cores | 8 |
| Threads Per Core | 1 |
| Arch | x86_64 |
| Clock Ghz | 4.5 |
| Processor | AMD |
| Amd Sev | No |
| Memory Gi B | 16 |
| Net Perf Text | Up to 15 Gigabit |
| Net Peak Gbps | 15 |
| Net Base Gbps | 3.75 |
| Net Burstable | Yes |
| Net Cards | 1 |
| Max Eni | 4 |
| Ipv4 Per Eni | 40 |
| Ipv6 Per Eni | 40 |
| Ena | required |
| Ena Express | No |
| Efa | No |
| Encryption In Transit | Yes |
| Ebs Optimized | default |
| Ebs Encryption | supported |
| Ebs Nvme | required |
| Ebs Base Gbps | 2.5 |
| Ebs Peak Gbps | 10 |
| Ebs Base Iops | 12000 |
| Ebs Peak Iops | 40000 |
| Ebs Base M Bps | 312.5 |
| Ebs Peak M Bps | 1250 |
| Valid Cores | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Valid Threads Per Core | 1 |
| Placement Strategies | cluster, partition, spread |
| Phc Support | Yes |
| Ipv6 Supported | Yes |
| Instance Storage Supported | No |
| Nitro Tpm Versions | 2.0 |
| Mem Per Vcpu Gi B | 2 |
| Regions | ap-northeast-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2 |
| Region Count | 6 |
On-demand price shown for us-east-1, USD, refreshed 2026-07-23T21:04:02+00:00. Prices and availability vary by region and OS — use the interactive table for the rest.