c8id.96xlarge

Analysis

The c8id.96xlarge is a compute optimized instance in the c8id 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, 15% less ($2,407 a month). The other variants are the c8in.96xlarge at $26.13 and the c8ib.96xlarge at $26.13.

Running it in N. Virginia instead of Sydney saves $4,857 a month per instance: $21.29/hour against $27.94/hour, a 31% spread. It is not offered in São Paulo, Ireland, London and Singapore, so plan around that if you need a presence there.

On demand it costs $21.29/hour in US East (N. Virginia), $15,541 a month if left running, which puts it mid-table for compute optimized types at the 73rd percentile per vCPU ($0.0554 per vCPU-hour) and the 75th percentile per GiB ($0.0277 per GiB-hour).

It has local instance storage (6 x 3800 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: 100000 Megabit.

It is the largest of the 11 c8id sizes. Dropping to the c8id.48xlarge saves $7,770 a month.

Windows Server roughly adds 83% to the bill at $38.95/hour, because the licence is charged per vCPU.