c8ib.96xlarge

Analysis

The c8ib.96xlarge is a compute optimized instance in the c8ib series with 384 vCPUs and 768 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) (up to 3.9 GHz), which makes it compute-heavy at 2 GiB of memory per vCPU.

Within the same generation and size, the c8i.96xlarge on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) costs $17.99/hour, 31% less ($5,939 a month). The other variants are the c8id.96xlarge at $21.29 and the c8in.96xlarge at $26.13.

Its price is almost flat across the 2 regions that offer it ($26.13 to $26.13/hour), so latency and data residency should decide where it runs. It is not offered in Ohio, Canada Central, São Paulo, Ireland, London, Frankfurt, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo, so plan around that if you need a presence there.

Per vCPU it is one of the dearer compute optimized types: 92% of the 291 current types in the family cost less than its $0.0680 per vCPU-hour. The premium mostly pays for a newer processor or a specialised configuration. On demand it is $26.13/hour in US East (N. Virginia), or $19,073 for a 730-hour month.

It is the largest of the 11 c8ib sizes. Dropping to the c8ib.48xlarge saves $9,536 a month.

Windows Server roughly adds 68% to the bill at $43.79/hour, because the licence is charged per vCPU.