C8G 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.gAWS Gravitong = AWS GravitonAWS Graviton4 Processor (arm64). Powered by custom 64-bit ARM AWS Graviton processors, delivering industry-leading price-performance and power efficiency.

Common use cases

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

Head-to-Head Architecture Comparisons

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Silicon Trianglec8g vs m8g vs r8g

AWS Graviton4 Flagship Comparison: C8g vs M8g vs R8g

Next-gen Graviton4 ARM Neoverse V2 architecture across compute, memory, and general tiers

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Generational Evolutiona1 vs c6g vs c7g vs c8g

AWS Graviton Evolution: A1 vs C6g vs C7g vs C8g

The complete journey of AWS custom ARM silicon from experimental A1 to Graviton4

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Instance types (10)

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
c8g.medium12 GBarm64$0.0270
c8g.large24 GBarm64$0.0540
c8g.xlarge48 GBarm64$0.1080
c8g.2xlarge816 GBarm64$0.2159
c8g.4xlarge1632 GBarm64$0.4318
c8g.8xlarge3264 GBarm64$0.8637
c8g.12xlarge4896 GBarm64$1.2955
c8g.16xlarge64128 GBarm64$1.7274
c8g.24xlarge96192 GBarm64$2.5910
c8g.48xlarge192384 GBarm64$5.1821