C8GD 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.dDirect-Attached NVMe SSDd = Direct-Attached NVMe SSDEquipped with physical high-speed NVMe SSD instance store volumes attached locally to the host server for temporary scratch and caching.

Common use cases

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

Instance types (10)

With a 3-year Compute Savings Plan (No Upfront), c8gd sizes on Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1) cost 52% less than the on-demand rate. Each size's page has the rates in every region. How Savings Plans are applied.

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
c8gd.medium12 GBarm64$0.0311
c8gd.large24 GBarm64$0.0622
c8gd.xlarge48 GBarm64$0.1244
c8gd.2xlarge816 GBarm64$0.2488
c8gd.4xlarge1632 GBarm64$0.4976
c8gd.8xlarge3264 GBarm64$0.9952
c8gd.12xlarge4896 GBarm64$1.4928
c8gd.16xlarge64128 GBarm64$1.9904
c8gd.24xlarge96192 GBarm64$2.9856
c8gd.48xlarge192384 GBarm64$5.9712