C7A 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).77th Generation7 = 7th GenerationAWS 7th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.aAMD EPYCa = AMD EPYCAMD EPYC 9R14 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

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Instance types (11)

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
c7a.medium12 GBx86_64$0.0513
c7a.large24 GBx86_64$0.1026
c7a.xlarge48 GBx86_64$0.2053
c7a.2xlarge816 GBx86_64$0.4106
c7a.4xlarge1632 GBx86_64$0.8211
c7a.8xlarge3264 GBx86_64$1.6422
c7a.12xlarge4896 GBx86_64$2.4634
c7a.16xlarge64128 GBx86_64$3.2845
c7a.24xlarge96192 GBx86_64$4.9267
c7a.32xlarge128256 GBx86_64$6.5690
c7a.48xlarge192384 GBx86_64$9.8534