dc2.8xlarge pricing and specs in US East (N. Virginia)
32 vCPU · 244 GiB · · intel
$4.8000/hour on-demand · $3,504/month (Default, Default)
dc2.8xlarge is a dense-compute Redshift instance with 32 vCPU and 244 GiB, generation 2 of the dc family. On-demand it costs $4.8000 an hour, about $3,504 a month if it runs all month. There is no newer generation at this size in US East (N. Virginia). US East (N. Virginia) is already the cheapest region for dc2.8xlarge.
Pricing by platform (hourly, USD, Default)
| Option | Default |
|---|---|
| On-Demand | $4.8000 |
Newer generations of the same size
Same family letter and size in a newer generation, ranked by price. “vCPU per $” uses vCPU as the performance proxy — newer chips usually add more, so it is a floor.
No Graviton equivalent at this sizeNo newer generation of this size is priced in US East (N. Virginia).
Cheapest regions for dc2.8xlarge
| Region | On-Demand $/h | vs us-east-1 | Saves / mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $4.8000 | current | — |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $4.8000 | 0.0% | $0 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $4.8000 | 0.0% | $0 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $5.2800 | +10% | $-350 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $5.3200 | +11% | $-380 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $5.4855 | +14% | $-500 |
Caveat: instance price is only part of the bill. Cross-region and internet data transfer, latency to your users, data-residency rules and service availability can outweigh a few percent on compute.
Price history (us-east-1)
Daily snapshots since the catalog started tracking this type; a row is added whenever a headline price changes.
| Date | OD Default | OD Windows | 1y RI | 3y RI | Spot p50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | $4.8000 | — | — | — | — |
All attributes
- vCPU
- 32
- Cores / threads per core
- —
- Memory
- 244 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 7.62 GiB
- Processor
- intel
- Architecture
- —
- Sustained clock
- —
- Hypervisor
- —
- Generation
- Current
- Burstable
- No
- Bare metal
- No
- Free tier eligible
- No
- Network performance
- —
- Network baseline / burst
- —
- Max ENIs × IPv4 per ENI
- —
- IPv6 / ENA / EFA
- — / — / —
- EBS optimized
- —
- EBS bandwidth (baseline / max)
- —
- EBS IOPS (baseline / max)
- —
- EBS NVMe
- —
- Instance storage
- 3 GB SSD
- GPU
- —
- Placement groups
- —
- Hibernation / Nitro Enclaves
- — / —
- Dedicated hosts
- —
- Boot modes
- —
- Spot supported
- —
Public AWS list prices (USD), refreshed nightly (catalog 2026-11-06). RI and Savings Plan rates are effective hourly (upfront amortised over the term) and are charged for every hour of the term. Excludes taxes, data transfer and storage. How these numbers are sourced and checked. Not affiliated with Amazon Web Services.
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