The C8id, M8id, and R8id instance families offer up to 43% higher compute performance and 3.3 times more memory bandwidth than their sixth-generation predecessors, with configurations up to 384 vCPUs, 3 TiB memory, and 22.8 TB NVMe SSD storage.
Target workloads vary by family: C8id for compute-intensive and batch processing tasks, M8id for balanced application and database workloads, and R8id for memory-intensive operations such as in-memory databases and scientific computing. They are available in multiple US and European AWS regions and purchasable via standard pricing models.
Source & further reading
Introducing Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances ↗Source published 2026-02-04. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.