Amazon Lightsail Compute Optimized 2Xlarge 8 vCPU / 16 GB, 3.5 TB transfer benchmarks
8 dedicated vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 640 GB SSD
Performance by location
Every run of this planAverages over the last 90 days. Same plan, same provider, different datacenters.
| Location | Runs | GB7 single | GB7 multi | 4K IOPS | Price | Last tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mumbai (ap-south-1) (ap-south-1)
Mumbai, MH, IN
|
0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $168.00/mo | Not tested yet |
|
Sao Paulo (sa-east-1) (sa-east-1)
São Paulo, SP, BR
|
0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $168.00/mo | Not tested yet |
|
Sydney (ap-southeast-2) (ap-southeast-2)
Sydney, NSW, AU
|
0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $168.00/mo | Not tested yet |
A location is highlighted only when it leads the next best by 5 percent or more. Smaller gaps are normal run-to-run variance.
Network results are not compared here. iperf3 targets are third-party servers, so distance to each target dominates the number.
Benchmark history
We have not benchmarked this plan yet. It shows up here after its first scheduled run.
Similar plans from other providers
| Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Memory-Optimized 4 vCPU / 32 GB | 4 dedicated vCPU | 32 GB | 100 GB SSD | $168.00 |
| DigitalOcean | CPU-Optimized 8 vCPU / 16 GB | 8 dedicated vCPU | 16 GB | 100 GB SSD | $168.00 |
| DigitalOcean | v5 Shared 8 vCPU / 24 GB | 8 dedicated vCPU | 24 GB | 30 GB SSD | $169.39 |
| Scaleway | MEMORY3-X4C-32G | 4 dedicated vCPU | 32 GB | €165.42 EUR | |
| Scaleway | COMPUTE3-X8C-16G | 8 dedicated vCPU | 16 GB | €170.89 EUR | |
| Scaleway | STANDARD2-A8C-32G | 8 dedicated vCPU | 32 GB | €171.04 EUR | |
| DigitalOcean | v5 Shared 8 vCPU / 24 GB | 8 dedicated vCPU | 24 GB | 50 GB SSD | $171.43 |
| DigitalOcean | v5 General Purpose 4 vCPU / 24 GB | 4 dedicated vCPU | 24 GB | 80 GB SSD | $163.64 |
Advertised specs
- Product line
- Compute Optimized
- Sold as
- VPS
- Plan identifier
- c_2xlarge_1_1
- vCPU
- 8
- CPU kind
- Dedicated core
- Architecture
- x86_64
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 640 GB SSD
- Disk class
- Unknown
- Virtualization
- KVM
- Network port
- Unknown
- Transfer
- 3.58 TB
- Overage
- Unknown
- IPv4
- Included
- IPv6
- Included
- Port 25
- On request
- Status
- Active
Price history
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$0.23 HourlySince Oct 3, 2026
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$168.00 MonthlySince Oct 3, 2026
Available in
- Mumbai (ap-south-1) (ap-south-1) Mumbai, MH, IN
- Sao Paulo (sa-east-1) (sa-east-1) São Paulo, SP, BR
- Sydney (ap-southeast-2) (ap-southeast-2) Sydney, NSW, AU