C7i-flex instances offer up to 19% better price performance compared to C6i instances while providing the easiest way to get price performance benefits for compute-intensive workloads, powered by 4th gen Intel Xeon Scalable custom processors available only on AWS.

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<p>AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances, which offer up to 19% better price performance compared to C6i instances. The new instances are powered by 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable custom processors that are available exclusively on AWS, and offer 5% lower prices compared to C7i instances.</p>
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<li>C7i-flex instances provide the easiest way to get price performance benefits for compute-intensive workloads.</li>
<li>C7i-flex instances offer common sizes from large to 8xlarge, and are suitable for web and application servers, databases, caches, Apache Kafka, and Elasticsearch.</li>
<li>For workloads needing larger instance sizes or continuous high CPU usage, C7i instances can be used instead.</li>
<li>C7i-flex instances are available in several AWS Regions, including US West (N. California), Europe (Ireland, London, Paris, Spain, Stockholm), Canada (Central), Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Singapore), and South America (São Paulo).</li>
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Introducing Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances

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