Amazon EC2 C8gn instances now available in more regions
Amazon EC2 C8gn instances, featuring the latest AWS Graviton4 processors, are now available in new regions, offering enhanced compute performance and network bandwidth for intensive workloads.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the expansion of its Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) C8gn instances, which are now available in additional regions. These instances, powered by the latest AWS Graviton4 processors, are accessible in the Asia Pacific regions of Jakarta, Hyderabad, and Tokyo, as well as in South America (Sao Paulo) and Europe (Zurich). The C8gn instances offer up to 30% improved compute performance compared to the previous Graviton3-based C7gn instances.
The C8gn instances are equipped with the latest 6th generation AWS Nitro Cards and provide up to 600 Gbps of network bandwidth, marking the highest network bandwidth among network-optimized EC2 instances. These enhanced networking capabilities allow for improved performance and throughput, particularly beneficial for network-intensive workloads such as network virtual appliances, data analytics, and CPU-based artificial intelligence and machine learning inference.
For scalability, the C8gn instances support sizes up to 48xlarge, offering up to 384 GiB of memory and up to 60 Gbps of bandwidth to Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS). They also support Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking in specific sizes, including 16xlarge, 24xlarge, 48xlarge, metal-24xl, and metal-48xl, which facilitates lower latency and enhanced cluster performance for workloads deployed on tightly coupled clusters.
The C8gn instances are now available across various AWS Regions including US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (Oregon, N. California), Europe (Frankfurt, Stockholm, Ireland, London, Spain, Zurich), Asia Pacific (Singapore, Malaysia, Sydney, Thailand, Mumbai, Seoul, Melbourne, Jakarta, Hyderabad, Tokyo), Middle East (UAE), Africa (Cape Town), Canada West (Calgary, Central), and South America (Sao Paulo), as well as AWS GovCloud (US-East, US-West).
For more information, users can refer to the Amazon C8gn Instances page. To start working with AWS Graviton processors, visit the ‘Level up your compute with AWS Graviton’ page. Users can begin using these services through the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), and AWS SDKs.