Instances›AWS EC2›c8ine›c8ine.2xlarge
Compute
vCPUs8
Memory16 GiB
Mem / vCPU2.00 GiB
ProcessorXeon Scalable
Clock speed3.9 GHz
Architecturex86_64
Storage
TypeEBS only
Bandwidth10,000 Mbps
Throughput1250 MB/s
IOPS40,000
Networking
Performance12.5 Gigabit
Max ENIs4
IPv6Yes
GPUNone
Family sizes
c8ine.large2 vCPU · 4 GiB
c8ine.xlarge4 vCPU · 8 GiB
c8ine.2xlarge8 vCPU · 16 GiB
c8ine.4xlarge16 vCPU · 32 GiB
c8ine.8xlarge32 vCPU · 64 GiB
c8ine.12xlarge48 vCPU · 96 GiB
c8ine.2xlarge

c8ine.2xlarge is AWS's compute-optimized EC2 size at 8 vCPU and 16 GiB. In the name, "c" stands for compute, "8" is the generation, "ine" marks Intel processors, enhanced networking and extended capacity and "2xlarge" is the size within the c8ine family. It runs on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) at 3.9 GHz, and AWS introduced it in April 2026. AWS has since shipped c9g; c9g.2xlarge is the direct replacement at this size, scoring 293,327 CoreMark/s against this instance's 198,626 — roughly 48% more throughput for the same vCPU count. On Rackspace Spot the same shape is ch.vs2.xlarge — 8 vCPU, 16 GiB, matched on both dimensions, $0.680/hr on AWS in US East (N. Virginia), from $0.006/hr on Rackspace Spot.

Pricing by region
1 hr
RegionAWS on-demandAWS Spot1-yr Reserved3-yr ReservedRackspace SpotYou save
US East, N. Virginia$0.680$0.291$0.006
$0.674 savings
US Central, Chicagono AWS region$0.061
US Central, Dallasno AWS region$0.041
Hong Kong$0.061
Sydney, Australia$0.016
London, UK$0.021
US West, San Jose$0.001
US Central, Dallas 2no AWS region$0.061
US East, N. Virginia 2$0.680$0.291$0.081
$0.599 savings
When to use it
Good for
  • ●Ad serving and real-time bidding
  • ●Game servers and matchmaking
  • ●Batch processing and CI/CD runners
  • ●Workloads that fit inside 16 GiB of RAM
  • ●Parallel work that can occupy 8 vCPU
  • ●Network-heavy services — AWS rates this size at 12.5 Gigabit
Avoid if
  • ●The working set needs more than 16 GiB of RAM
  • ●Memory-hungry applications. A memory-optimized family gives more RAM per dollar.
  • ●More than 2.00 GiB of RAM per vCPU is needed — that ratio is fixed for the whole family
  • ●Local NVMe or instance-store disk is a hard requirement
  • ●GPU or FPGA acceleration is needed
$497/mo on AWS on-demand against $4/mo on Rackspace Spot for the equivalent — market-priced, not list-priced.
  • Spot sells spare capacity at market prices. It is the cheapest compute on the internet.
  • Prices are set by supply and demand. You pay what the market decides.
  • Compute is delivered as fully managed Kubernetes. All infrastructure is taken care of.
  • Egress costs $0.01/GB after the free allowance. AWS charges $0.09/GB.
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