c8a.medium
Amazon EC2 · C8a family
The c8a.medium is a compute optimized Amazon EC2 instance type with 1 vCPUs and 2 GiB of memory, running on AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor with up to 15 Gigabit networking, starting at $0.0539 per hour on demand.
- vCPUs
- 1
- memory
- 2 GiB
- processor
- AMD
- on-demand
- $0.0539
- spot
- –
- regions
- 7
dedicated
2 GiB per vCPU
x86-64
$39.34/mo · us-east-1
not offered
across 3 areas
c8a.medium price by region
7 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved
| US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America | $0.0539 |
| US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America | $0.0539 |
| US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America | $0.0539 |
| EU (Spain)eu-south-2Europe | $0.0578 |
| EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe | $0.0578 |
| EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe | $0.0615 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia | $0.0678 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 1
- Memory
- 2 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 2 GiB
- Processor
- AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
- CPU vendor
- AMD
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Burstable CPU
- No
storage & network
- Local storage
- Network storage only
- Storage detail
- EBS only
- Network
- Up to 15 Gigabit
- Peak bandwidth
- 15 Gbps
aws details
- API name
c8a.medium- Family
- C8a
- Category
- Compute optimized
- Generation
- Current
- Regions
- 7 (Asia, Europe, North America)
- Cheapest region
- US East (N. Virginia) · $0.0539/hr
- Dedicated EBS throughput
- Up to 10000 Mbps
- Enhanced networking
- Yes
- Normalization size factor
- 2
- Processor features
- AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
- Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
- <5%
- Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
- 76%
c8a.medium equivalents on other clouds
closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region
| Provider | Instance | vCPU | Memory | Processor | On-demand | vs c8a.medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | c8a.medium | 1 | 2 GiB | AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor | $0.0539 | – |
| Azure | F1als v7 | 1 | 2 GiB | AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin) | $0.0605 | +12% |
| F1alds v7 | 1 | 2 GiB | AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin) | $0.0715 | +33% | |
| Google Cloud | n4a-highcpu-1Arm CPU | 1 | 2 GiB | Google Axion | $0.0325 | -40% |
| c4a-highcpu-1Arm CPU | 1 | 2 GiB | Google Axion | $0.0379 | -30% | |
| Akamai | Linode 2GBburstable CPU | 1 | 2 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.018 | -67% |
| Vultr | voc-c-1c-2gb-25s-amd | 1 | 2 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.038 | -29% |
| vc2-1c-2gbburstable CPU | 1 | 2 GiB | Intel Xeon | $0.014 | -74% |
C8a family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c8a.medium | 1 | 2 GiB | – | $0.0539 | $39.34 |
| c8a.large | 2 | 4 GiB | – | $0.1078 | $78.67 |
| c8a.xlarge | 4 | 8 GiB | – | $0.2155 | $157 |
| c8a.2xlarge | 8 | 16 GiB | – | $0.4311 | $315 |
| c8a.4xlarge | 16 | 32 GiB | – | $0.8622 | $629 |
| c8a.8xlarge | 32 | 64 GiB | – | $1.724 | $1,259 |
| c8a.12xlarge | 48 | 96 GiB | – | $2.586 | $1,888 |
| c8a.16xlarge | 64 | 128 GiB | – | $3.449 | $2,518 |
| c8a.24xlarge | 96 | 192 GiB | – | $5.173 | $3,776 |
| c8a.metal-24xl | 96 | 192 GiB | – | $5.173 | $3,776 |
| c8a.48xlarge | 192 | 384 GiB | – | $10.35 | $7,553 |
| c8a.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 GiB | – | $10.35 | $7,553 |
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c8a.medium FAQ
How much does c8a.medium cost?
c8a.medium costs $0.0539 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $39.34 per month. Across 7 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.0539 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.0678 in Asia Pacific (Tokyo). With Windows it costs $0.0999 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does c8a.medium have?
c8a.medium has 1 vCPUs and 2 GiB of memory (2 GiB per vCPU), running on AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor. It is a compute optimized instance type in the C8a family.
What are the equivalents of c8a.medium on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, F1als v7 (1 vCPU, 2 GiB, $0.0605/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, n4a-highcpu-1 (1 vCPU, 2 GiB, $0.0325/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, Linode 2GB (1 vCPU, 2 GiB, $0.018/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, voc-c-1c-2gb-25s-amd (1 vCPU, 2 GiB, $0.038/hour in New Jersey).