EC2 Instance Type – c7i.xlarge
The c7i.xlarge instance is part of the c7i series, featuring 4 vCPUs and Up to 12500 Megabit of RAM, with Compute Optimized. It is available at a rate of $0.1785/hour.
c7i Family :
Amazon EC2 C7i instances, equipped with 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, offer a 15% improvement in price performance over C6i instances.
Features
Up to 3.2 GHz 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)
New Advance Matrix Extensions (AMX) accelerate matrix multiplication operations
2 metal sizes: c7i.metal-24xl and c7i.metal-48xl
Discrete built-in accelerators (available on C7i bare metal sizes only)—Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA), In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA), and QuickAssist Technology (QAT)—enable efficient offload and acceleration of data operations that help optimize performance for databases, encryption and compression, and queue management workloads
Latest DDR5 memory, which offers more bandwidth compared to DDR4
Support for always-on memory encryption using Intel Total Memory Encryption (TME)
Support for up to 128 EBS volume attachments per instance
Up to 192 vCPUs and 384 GiB memory
Supports Elastic Fabric Adapter on the 48xlarge size and metal-48xl size
Powered by the AWS Nitro System, a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight hypervisor
Credits: AWS Resources, Updated At: 2024-08-23
Use Cases
C7i instances are well-suited for compute-heavy tasks like batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.
c7i Instance Type Family
| Instances | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) |
|---|---|---|
| c7i.large | 2 | 4 GiB |
| c7i.xlarge | 4 | 8 GiB |
| c7i.2xlarge | 8 | 16 GiB |
| c7i.4xlarge | 16 | 32 GiB |
| c7i.8xlarge | 32 | 64 GiB |
| c7i.12xlarge | 48 | 96 GiB |
| c7i.16xlarge | 64 | 128 GiB |
| c7i.metal-24xl | 96 | 192 GiB |
| c7i.24xlarge | 96 | 192 GiB |
| c7i.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 GiB |
| c7i.48xlarge | 192 | 384 GiB |
c7i.xlarge vs Others
EC2 Instance - c7i.xlarge Specification
| General | |
|---|---|
| Type | c7i.xlarge |
| Region | N. Virginia |
| Family Group | C7i |
| Family Category | Compute Optimized |
| Instance Generation | Current |
| Term Type | On-demand |
| Pricing (USD/hr) | $ 0.1785 |
| Compute | |
|---|---|
| vCPU | 4 |
| Memory | 8 GiB |
| Storage | EBS only |
| Processor Architecture | 64-bit |
| Operating System | Linux |
| EBS Optimized | NA |
| Tenancy | Shared |
| Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| GPU | NA |
| ECU | 0.0000 |
| Virtualization | HVM |
| Networking | |
|---|---|
| Network Performance | Up to 12500 Megabit |
| ENA Support | True |
EC2 Instance - c7i.xlarge Pricing
| Region | Price / Unit | Monthly Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | $0.1785 | $130.31 |
| Mumbai | $0.1785 | $130.31 |
| Oregon | $0.1785 | $130.31 |
| Stockholm | $0.1911 | $139.50 |
| Ireland | $0.1915 | $139.81 |
| Central | $0.1953 | $142.57 |
| Spain | $0.2016 | $147.17 |
| Seoul | $0.2016 | $147.17 |
| Frankfurt | $0.2037 | $148.70 |
| Singapore | $0.2058 | $150.23 |
| Paris | $0.2121 | $154.83 |
| London | $0.2121 | $154.83 |
| N. California | $0.2226 | $162.50 |
| Tokyo | $0.2247 | $164.03 |
| Sydney | $0.2331 | $170.16 |
| Sao Paulo | $0.2751 | $200.82 |