ecs.g8a.4xlarge by Alibaba Cloud
(All-cores)
(Single-core)
Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | alicloud |
Name | ecs.g8a.4xlarge |
Description | ecs.g8a family (16 vCPUs, 64 GiB RAM, 0 GB storage) |
Family | ecs.g8a |
Hw Virt | |
Average Time To Start | 14.5 |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-07-10T23:54:53.388447 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
Shanghai (CN) / cn-shanghai | - | 0.6321 USD/h |
Shenzhen (CN) / cn-shenzhen | - | 0.6321 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 16 |
Hypervisor | KVM |
CPU Allocation | Dedicated |
CPU Cores | 16 |
CPU Speed | 2.7 GHz |
CPU Architecture | x86_64 |
CPU Manufacturer | AMD |
CPU Family | EPYC |
CPU Model | 9T24 |
CPU L1D Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1D Cache Total | 256 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache Total | 256 KiB |
CPU L2 Cache | 1 MiB |
CPU L2 Cache Total | 8 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache | 32 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache Total | 32 MiB |
CPU Flags | fpu, vme, de, pse, tsc, msr, pae, mce, cx8, apic, sep, mtrr, pge, mca, cmov, pat, pse36, clflush, mmx, fxsr, sse, sse2, ht, syscall, nx, mmxext, fxsr_opt, pdpe1gb, rdtscp, lm, constant_tsc, rep_good, amd_lbr_v2, nopl, nonstop_tsc, cpuid, extd_apicid, aperfmperf, tsc_known_freq, pni, pclmulqdq, monitor, ssse3, fma, cx16, pcid, sse4_1, sse4_2, x2apic, movbe, popcnt, aes, xsave, avx, f16c, rdrand, hypervisor, lahf_lm, cmp_legacy, extapic, cr8_legacy, abm, sse4a, misalignsse, 3dnowprefetch, osvw, ibs, topoext, perfctr_core, perfctr_llc, mwaitx, ssbd, perfmon_v2, ibrs, ibpb, stibp, ibrs_enhanced, vmmcall, fsgsbase, tsc_adjust, bmi1, avx2, smep, bmi2, erms, invpcid, avx512f, avx512dq, rdseed, adx, smap, avx512ifma, clflushopt, clwb, avx512cd, sha_ni, avx512bw, avx512vl, xsaveopt, xsavec, xgetbv1, xsaves, avx512_bf16, clzero, irperf, xsaveerptr, rdpru, wbnoinvd, arat, avx512vbmi, umip, pku, ospke, avx512_vbmi2, gfni, vaes, vpclmulqdq, avx512_vnni, avx512_bitalg, avx512_vpopcntdq, rdpid, fsrm |
Ecpus | 8 |
Scalability | 50 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 64 GiB |
Memory Amount Actual | 64 GiB |
| GPU | |
|---|---|
GPU Count | 0 |
GPU Memory Min | 0 MiB |
GPU Memory Total | 0 MiB |
GPUs |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 0 GB |
Storages |
| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Network Speed Baseline | 7 Gbps |
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
CPU and System Topology
Server Description
A balanced x86_64 virtual machine featuring dedicated AMD EPYC processors and 64 GB RAM for predictable general-purpose compute workloads.
Alibaba Cloud ecs.g8a.4xlarge is an x86_64 general-purpose instance powered by a dedicated 16-core AMD EPYC 9T24 processor running at 2.7 GHz. It features 64.0 GB of RAM, translating to 4.0 GB per core, and operates on the KVM hypervisor. This instance does not include local storage or GPU accelerators, but provides a baseline network bandwidth of 7 Gbps. Benchmark data highlights strong single-core CPU performance, alongside average multi-core and memory bandwidth capabilities. The processor supports advanced instruction sets such as AVX-512 and VNNI. Given its balanced resource allocation and dedicated CPU execution, the ecs.g8a.4xlarge is suited for workloads such as web serving, database operations, and general-purpose enterprise applications.
Economics
Performance
Workload Profiles
Memory Bandwidth
Compression
OpenSSL
Passmark CPU Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Mark | 26440 |
Compression | 313370 |
Encryption | 19268 |
Extended Instructions | 21890 |
Floating Point Maths | 42507 |
Integer Maths | 75986 |
Physics | 2453 |
Prime Numbers | 126 |
Single Threaded | 2890 |
String Sorting | 45666 |
Passmark Memory Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Memory Mark | 2723 |
Database Operations | 7885 |
Memory Latency | 70 |
Memory Read Cached | 27398 |
Memory Read Uncached | 26131 |
Memory Write | 25904 |
Stress-ng Raw Scores
Stress-ng Relative Multicore Performance
Static Web Server
Redis
Alternatives
Servers of the Same Family
| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | GPUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| ecs.g8a.large | 2 | 8 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.g8a.xlarge | 4 | 16 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.g8a.2xlarge | 8 | 32 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.g8a.8xlarge | 32 | 128 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.g8a.12xlarge | 48 | 192 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.g8a.16xlarge | 64 | 256 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.g8a.24xlarge | 96 | 384 GiB | 0 |
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