HighCapability
AWS launches EC2 C8in and C8ib instances with Intel Xeon Scalable processors
Action Required
Organizations can now leverage significantly improved compute performance and network bandwidth for demanding workloads, enabling faster processing and data analytics.
AI Impact Summary
AWS has launched new EC2 C8in and C8ib instances leveraging custom Intel Xeon Scalable processors and AWS Nitro cards. These instances offer significant performance improvements – up to 43% over C6in – and are optimized for network-intensive workloads (C8in) and high-performance databases/file systems (C8ib). The availability of these instances across multiple regions and instance types provides options for scaling compute power.
AWS launches EC2 C8in and C8ib instances with Intel Xeon Scalable processors
Affected Systems
EC2
- Date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Change type
- capability
- Severity
- high