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ecs.g8y.large by Alibaba Cloud

ecs.g8y.large is a ecs.g8y family (2 vCPUs, 8 GiB RAM, 0 GB storage) server offered by Alibaba Cloud with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB of memory and 0 GB of storage. The pricing starts at 0.0136 USD per hour.
2 vCPU
8 GiB Memory
Spare SCore
3602
(All-cores)
1819
(Single-core)

Specifications

Server Metadata

Vendor ID
alicloud
Name
ecs.g8y.large
Description
ecs.g8y family (2 vCPUs, 8 GiB RAM, 0 GB storage)
Family
ecs.g8y
Hw Virt
Status
active
Observed At
2026-07-16T23:47:16.328007

Availability

REGION / IDSPOTONDEMAND
Ulanqab (CN) / cn-wulanchabu
0.0145 USD/h 0.0557 USD/h
Guangzhou (CN) / cn-guangzhou
0.0136 USD/h 0.0619 USD/h
Hangzhou (CN) / cn-hangzhou
0.0161 USD/h 0.0619 USD/h
Beijing (CN) / cn-beijing
- 0.0619 USD/h
Chengdu (CN) / cn-chengdu
- 0.0619 USD/h
Shanghai (CN) / cn-shanghai
- 0.0619 USD/h
Shenzhen (CN) / cn-shenzhen
- 0.0619 USD/h
Singapore (SG) / ap-southeast-1
- 0.0961 USD/h

Processor

vCPUs
2
Hypervisor
KVM
CPU Allocation
Dedicated
CPU Cores
2
CPU Speed
2.75 GHz
CPU Architecture
arm64
CPU Manufacturer
Alibaba
CPU Family
Yitian
CPU Model
YiTian710
CPU L1D Cache
64 KiB
CPU L1D Cache Total
128 KiB
CPU L1I Cache
64 KiB
CPU L1I Cache Total
128 KiB
CPU L2 Cache
1 MiB
CPU L2 Cache Total
2 MiB
CPU L3 Cache
64 MiB
CPU L3 Cache Total
64 MiB
CPU Flags
fp, asimd, evtstrm, aes, pmull, sha1, sha2, crc32, atomics, fphp, asimdhp, cpuid, asimdrdm, jscvt, fcma, lrcpc, dcpop, sha3, sm3, sm4, asimddp, sha512, sve, asimdfhm, dit, uscat, ilrcpc, flagm, ssbs, sb, dcpodp, sve2, sveaes, svepmull, svebitperm, svesha3, svesm4, flagm2, frint, svei8mm, svebf16, i8mm, bf16, dgh, bti
Ecpus
2
Scalability
100

System Resources and Accelerators

MEMORY
Memory Amount
8 GiB
Memory Amount Actual
8 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
      2 Gbps
      Inbound Traffic
      0 GB/month
      Outbound Traffic
      0 GB/month
      IPv4
      0

      CPU and System Topology

      Server Description

      An Arm-based general-purpose instance featuring dedicated vCPUs and balanced memory configuration for lightweight, single-threaded workloads.

      General Purpose

      Alibaba Cloud ecs.g8y.large is a general-purpose instance powered by a 2.75 GHz Arm-based Alibaba Yitian YiTian710 processor. It features 2 dedicated vCPUs, 8.0 GB of RAM, and a 2 Gbps baseline network bandwidth, with no local storage or GPU accelerators. Running on the KVM hypervisor, the instance delivers average single-core CPU performance and single-threaded compression speeds. However, multi-core processing, memory bandwidth, and cryptographic operations fall into the weak to poor benchmark categories. The custom Yitian architecture provides a qualitatively cost-efficient option for workloads that do not demand high parallel processing power or x86 compatibility. This instance is suitable for lightweight general-purpose applications, basic web serving, and single-threaded tasks.

      Economics

      Average Price per Region

      Prices per Zone

      Lowest Prices

      Performance

      Workload Profiles

      Memory Bandwidth

      Compression

      OpenSSL

      Passmark CPU Scores

      BENCHMARKSCORE
      Mark
      1735
      Compression
      11289
      Encryption
      324
      Extended Instructions
      1562
      Floating Point Maths
      9237
      Integer Maths
      11012
      Physics
      560
      Prime Numbers
      24
      Single Threaded
      1640
      String Sorting
      8863

      Passmark Memory Scores

      BENCHMARKSCORE
      Memory Mark
      1426
      Database Operations
      2164
      Memory Latency
      61
      Memory Read Cached
      22538
      Memory Read Uncached
      17575
      Memory Write
      22503

      Stress-ng Raw Scores

      Stress-ng Relative Multicore Performance

      LLM Inference Speed for Prompt Processing

      LLM Inference Speed for Text Generation

      Static Web Server

      Redis

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