Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances, new instances with NVMe SSD storage powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors with a sustained all-core turbo frequency of 3.9 GHz. These instances deliver up to 43% higher performance and 3.3x higher memory bandwidth compared to their previous generation counterparts.
Designed for Storage-Intensive Workloads
C8id, M8id, and R8id instances are purpose-built for workloads requiring high-speed, low-latency local storage alongside powerful compute and memory resources. C8id instances excel at compute-intensive tasks like video encoding and image manipulation. M8id instances balance compute and memory for data logging and media processing. R8id instances target memory-intensive applications including in-memory databases, real-time big data analytics, and large in-memory caches.
Significant Performance Improvements
Compared to previous generation C6id, M6id, and R6id instances, the new instances deliver substantial improvements:
- Up to 43% higher overall performance
- 3.3x higher memory bandwidth
- Up to 22.8TB of NVMe SSD local instance storage—3x more than previous generation
Workload-Specific Performance Gains for I/O intensive applications
The instances demonstrate impressive performance for I/O intensive database workloads, and real-time data analytics:
- Up to 46% higher I/O intensive Cassandra performance
- Up to 31% higher I/O intensive PostgreSQL performance
- Up to 30% faster I/O intensive Spark results
Flexible Instance Sizing
All three instance families are available in 13 sizes to match specific workload requirements:
- 11 virtual sizes for scaling demanding applications
- 2 bare metal sizes (metal-48xl and metal-96xl) for workloads benefiting from direct access to physical resources
Get Started Today
C8id, M8id, and R8id instances are now generally available in multiple AWS Regions. To learn more about these instances and get started, visit the Amazon EC2 instance type page.
For detailed technical specifications and pricing information, see the Amazon EC2 pricing page
