The c8ine.xlarge is a compute-optimized AWS EC2 instance: 4 vCPU and 8 GiB of memory, 2.00 GiB per vCPU. In the name, "c" stands for compute, "8" is the generation, "ine" marks Intel processors, enhanced networking and extended capacity and "xlarge" 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.xlarge is the direct replacement at this size, scoring 146,163 CoreMark/s against this instance's 92,824 — roughly 57% more throughput for the same vCPU count. Rackspace Spot's ch.vs2.large is a like-for-like substitute at 4 vCPU and 8 GiB, about 94% below the US East (N. Virginia) on-demand rate.