c8a Instance Family

The C8A compute-optimized instance family, generally available since December 2, 2025, features 5th Gen AMD EPYC 9R45 processors with a max clock speed of 4.5 GHz. These instances are EBS-optimized by default, offer up to 75 Gbps of networking and 60 Gbps of EBS bandwidth, and utilize high-speed DDR5 memory, making them ideal for compute-intensive workloads

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vCPUs
Up to 192
Memory
Up to 384 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor
AMD
Ranked by CPU performance (Passmark)
#1
m8a, c8a, r8a
3846 Up to 192 vCPU
#3
m7a, c7a, r7a
2887 Up to 192 vCPU
#4
2591 Up to 192 vCPU
#5
2303 Up to 128 vCPU
#6
1853 Up to 192 vCPU
#7
m5dn, c4, r5dn, r5n, t2
1764 Up to 96 vCPU
#8
m4, m5, m5n, m7g, m7gd, c3, c7g, c7gd, c7gn, i3, i3en, r3, r4, r5, r5b, r5d, r7g, r7gd, t3
1648 Up to 96 vCPU
#9
1419 Up to 96 vCPU
#10
1098 Up to 64 vCPU
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c8a.medium 1 vCPU, 2 GiB

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c8a.large 2 vCPU, 4 GiB

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c8a.xlarge 4 vCPU, 8 GiB

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c8a.2xlarge 8 vCPU, 16 GiB

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c8a.4xlarge 16 vCPU, 32 GiB

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c8a.8xlarge 32 vCPU, 64 GiB

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c8a.12xlarge 48 vCPU, 96 GiB

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c8a.16xlarge 64 vCPU, 128 GiB

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c8a.24xlarge 96 vCPU, 192 GiB

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c8a.48xlarge 192 vCPU, 384 GiB

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c8a.metal-24xl 96 vCPU, 192 GiB

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c8a.metal-48xl 192 vCPU, 384 GiB

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