c8i.metal-96xl
Amazon EC2 · C8i family
The c8i.metal-96xl is a compute optimized Amazon EC2 instance type with 384 vCPUs and 768 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) with 100 Gigabit networking, starting at $17.63 per hour on demand.
- vCPUs
- 384
- memory
- 768 GiB
- processor
- Intel
- on-demand
- $17.99
- spot
- –
- regions
- 21
dedicated
2 GiB per vCPU
3.9 GHz
$13,134/mo · us-east-1
not offered
across 6 areas
c8i.metal-96xl price by region
21 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5cheapestAsia | $17.63 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2Asia | $17.99 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1Asia | $17.99 |
| US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1referenceNorth America | $17.99 |
| US East (Ohio)us-east-2North America | $17.99 |
| US West (Oregon)us-west-2North America | $17.99 |
| EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1Europe | $19.26 |
| EU (Spain)eu-south-2Europe | $19.30 |
| EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe | $19.31 |
| Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America | $19.69 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia | $20.32 |
| EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe | $20.53 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia | $20.75 |
| EU (London)eu-west-2Europe | $21.38 |
| EU (Paris)eu-west-3Europe | $21.38 |
| US West (N. California)us-west-1North America | $22.44 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia | $22.65 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania | $23.50 |
| Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1Africa | $24.13 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6Oceania | $24.67 |
| South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America | $27.73 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 384
- Memory
- 768 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 2 GiB
- Processor
- Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
- CPU vendor
- Intel
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Clock speed
- 3.9 GHz
- Burstable CPU
- No
storage & network
- Local storage
- Network storage only
- Storage detail
- EBS only
- Network
- 100 Gigabit
- Peak bandwidth
- 100 Gbps
aws details
- API name
c8i.metal-96xl- Family
- C8i
- Category
- Compute optimized
- Generation
- Current
- Regions
- 21 (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- Asia Pacific (Malaysia) · $17.63/hr
- Dedicated EBS throughput
- 80000 Mbps
- Enhanced networking
- Yes
- Normalization size factor
- 768
- Processor features
- Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
- Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
- <5%
- Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
- 72%
c8i.metal-96xl 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 c8i.metal-96xl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | c8i.metal-96xl | 384 | 768 GiB | Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) | $17.99 | – |
| Azure | HB368rs v5368 vCPU (1× less) · 438 GiB (1.8× less) | 368 | 438 GiB | Intel Xeon | $19.80 | +10% |
| D372s v7372 vCPU (1× less) · 1488 GiB (1.94×) | 372 | 1,488 GiB | Intel Xeon 6 (Granite Rapids) | $24.61 | +37% | |
| Google Cloud | c4d-highcpu-384-metal | 384 | 768 GiB | AMD Turin | $15.44 | -14% |
| c4d-highcpu-384720 GiB (1.1× less) | 384 | 720 GiB | AMD Turin | $15.26 | -15% | |
| Akamai | G8 Dedicated 512x256256 vCPU (1.5× less) · 512 GiB (1.5× less) | 256 | 512 GiB | AMD EPYC | $8.64 | -52% |
| Vultr | vx1-g-192c-768g192 vCPU (2× less) | 192 | 768 GiB | AMD EPYC | $5.76 | -68% |
C8i family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c8i.large | 2 | 4 GiB | – | $0.0937 | $68.41 |
| c8i.xlarge | 4 | 8 GiB | – | $0.1874 | $137 |
| c8i.2xlarge | 8 | 16 GiB | – | $0.3748 | $274 |
| c8i.4xlarge | 16 | 32 GiB | – | $0.7497 | $547 |
| c8i.8xlarge | 32 | 64 GiB | – | $1.499 | $1,095 |
| c8i.12xlarge | 48 | 96 GiB | – | $2.249 | $1,642 |
| c8i.16xlarge | 64 | 128 GiB | – | $2.999 | $2,189 |
| c8i.24xlarge | 96 | 192 GiB | – | $4.498 | $3,284 |
| c8i.32xlarge | 128 | 256 GiB | – | $5.997 | $4,378 |
| c8i.48xlarge | 192 | 384 GiB | – | $8.996 | $6,567 |
| c8i.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 GiB | – | $8.996 | $6,567 |
| c8i.96xlarge | 384 | 768 GiB | – | $17.99 | $13,134 |
| c8i.metal-96xl | 384 | 768 GiB | – | $17.99 | $13,134 |
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c8i.metal-96xl FAQ
How much does c8i.metal-96xl cost?
c8i.metal-96xl costs $17.99 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $13,134 per month. Across 21 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $17.63 in Asia Pacific (Malaysia) to $27.73 in South America (Sao Paulo). With Windows it costs $35.66 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does c8i.metal-96xl have?
c8i.metal-96xl has 384 vCPUs and 768 GiB of memory (2 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids). It is a compute optimized instance type in the C8i family.
What is the cheapest region for c8i.metal-96xl?
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5) at $17.63 per hour for Linux on demand, 2% less than US East (N. Virginia). c8i.metal-96xl is sold in 21 AWS regions.
What are the equivalents of c8i.metal-96xl on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, HB368rs v5 (368 vCPU, 438 GiB, $19.80/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, c4d-highcpu-384-metal (384 vCPU, 768 GiB, $15.44/hour in Northern Virginia); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 512x256 (256 vCPU, 512 GiB, $8.64/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-g-192c-768g (192 vCPU, 768 GiB, $5.76/hour in Atlanta).