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EC2 C7i-flex, M7i-flex, and M7i Instances Now in Hyderabad Region

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Amazon EC2 C7i-flex, M7i-flex, and M7i instances, powered by custom Intel Sapphire Rapids processors, are now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region. These instances offer improved performance and price-performance benefits over previous generations and comparable x86 processors from other cloud providers. They are suitable for a wide range of workloads, from general-purpose applications to compute-intensive tasks like ML and video streaming, with options for various instance sizes and bare metal configurations.

  • →New EC2 Instance Types Launched in Hyderabad Region
  • →Bare Metal Options with Intel Accelerator Support
  • →Improved Price-Performance for General-Purpose Workloads
  • →Enhanced Performance for Compute-Intensive Workloads
Features (2) ›
  • New EC2 Instance Types Launched in Hyderabad Region

    Amazon EC2 C7i-flex, M7i-flex, and M7i instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region. These instances utilize custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, offering up to 15% better performance than comparable x86 processors from other cloud providers.

  • Bare Metal Options with Intel Accelerator Support

    M7i bare metal instance sizes (metal-24xl, metal-48xl) support built-in Intel accelerators like Data Streaming Accelerator and In-Memory Analytics Accelerator. These accelerators facilitate efficient data operations and optimize performance for specific workloads.

Enhancements (2) ›
  • Improved Price-Performance for General-Purpose Workloads

    C7i-flex and M7i-flex instances provide enhanced price-performance benefits for general-purpose workloads. They deliver up to 19% better price-performance compared to C6i and M6i instances respectively, and are ideal for applications not fully utilizing compute resources.

  • Enhanced Performance for Compute-Intensive Workloads

    M7i instances offer up to 15% better price-performance than M6i instances and are suited for demanding workloads such as gaming servers, CPU-based ML, and video streaming. They include larger instance sizes and bare metal options.

Read the original announcement →

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/05/amazon-ec2-c7i-flex-m7i-flex-m7i-instances-HYD-region/

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