Amazon launches EC2 C8gn instances with Graviton4 processors and up to 600 Gbps network bandwidth for demanding workloads.
Amazon Web Services introduces new EC2 C8gn instances that provide up to 600 Gbps network bandwidth and run on Graviton 4 processors. AWS has made the C8gn instances generally available within Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
Graviton and Nitro
The new generation instances combine the self-developed and ARM-based Graviton 4 processors with the sixth-generation Nitro Card. According to Amazon, the C8gn instances offer up to 30 percent more computing power than their predecessor, the Graviton3-based C7gn instances.
The C8gn series is designed for applications that require significant network capacity. Think of virtual firewalls, routers, load balancers, proxy servers, DDoS solutions, data analytics, and cluster computing. The instances provide up to 192 virtual CPUs and 384 GiB of memory. Network bandwidth reaches up to 600 Gbps: the highest specification within the EC2 offering for network-optimized instances at AWS.
The series includes multiple configurations, from c8gn.medium with 1 vCPU and 2 GiB memory to c8gn.48xlarge and c8gn.metal-48xl with 192 vCPU “s and 384 GiB memory. Customers can deploy the instances via the AWS Management Console, Command Line Interface, or SDK” s.
Available within US Regions
The C8gn instances are currently available in the US East (N. Virginia) and US West (Oregon) regions. The largest bare metal instances are only available in US East (N. Virginia). AWS does not communicate when the Graviton 4 instances will come to European data centers.