New Compute Optimized Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances

AWS is announcing the general availability of new compute optimized Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. These C8i and C8i-flex instances offer up to 15% better price-performance, and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances. They deliver up to 20% better performance than C7i and C7i-flex instances, with even higher gains for some workloads. The C8i and C8i-flex instances are up to 60% faster for NGINX web applications, up to 40% faster for AI deep learning recommendation models, and 35% faster for Memcached stores compared to C7i and C7i-flex instances. C8i-flex are the easiest way to get price performance benefits for a majority of compute intensive workloads like web and application servers, databases, caches, Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch, and enterprise applications. They offer the most common sizes, from large to 16xlarge, and are a great first choice for applications that don't fully utilize all compute resources. C8i instances are a great choice for all compute intensive workloads, especially for workloads that need the largest instance sizes or continuous high CPU usage. C8i instances offer 13 sizes including 2 bare metal sizes and the new 96xlarge size for the largest applications. C8i and C8i-flex instances are available in the following [AWS Regions](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regional-product-services/): US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Spain). To get started, sign in to the [AWS Management Console](https://aws.amazon.com/console/). Customers can purchase these instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, and Spot instances. For more information about the new [C8i and C8i-flex](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/c8i/) instances visit the [AWS News blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-new-compute-optimized-amazon-ec2-c8i-and-c8i-flex-instances/).