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Amazon EC2 C9g and C9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors are now available

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This article announces the general availability of Amazon EC2 C9g and C9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors for compute-intensive workloads.

  • C9g instances deliver up to 25% higher performance per vCPU compared to C8g with DDR5 8800MT/s memory and 5x more L3 cache
  • Up to 3x higher packet-processing performance and 15% higher network bandwidth compared to previous generation
  • C9gd variant includes high-speed NVMe SSD local storage with 30% higher performance
  • Ideal for batch processing, video encoding, distributed analytics, HPC, and agentic AI workloads
  • First compute-optimized instances featuring AWS Nitro Isolation Engine for enhanced security
  • Available in 11 sizes from medium to 48xlarge with bare metal option
  • Support for Instance Bandwidth Configuration, ENA Express, and up to 128 EBS volumes
  • Now available in US East, US West, and Europe regions

C9g and C9gd instances provide significant performance improvements and are optimized for modern compute-intensive applications including AI and real-time analytics.

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