ecs.g8a.2xlarge by Alibaba Cloud
Specifications and performance for Alibaba Cloud - ecs.g8a.2xlarge
Instance Type: g8a
This plan belongs to the Alibaba Cloud g8a server line (General Purpose).
Instance Type Description
Offers a CPU-to-memory ratio of 1:4.
Uses 2.7 GHz AMD EPYCTM Genoa 9T24 processors that deliver a turbo frequency of up to 3.7 GHz to provide consistent computing performance.
Supports Hyper-Threading. By default, Hyper-Threading is enabled.
Instance Type Specifications
| Approximate Cost per vCPU | $18.00 |
| Approximate RAM per vCPU | 4GB |
| Hourly billing | yes |
| CPU type | AMD |
| Shared CPU | no |
| Storage included | yes |
See also all Alibaba Cloud instance types.
"ecs.g8a.2xlarge" Plan Specifications
| Provider | Alibaba Cloud |
|---|---|
| Plan URL | https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/ecs/user-guide/general-purpose-instance-families#g8a |
| Price per month |
$146.11
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
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| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $102.28 Minimum commitment for discount: 1 year |
| Hourly Billing | Yes: $0.3044/hour |
| Disk GB | 0 |
| Num Cores | 8 |
| Memory GB | 32 |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 0 |
| Maximum Network Speed | 100 Mbps |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Badges of Quality
Badges are awards granted to VPS plans that meet certain quality criteria.
| Meets Bandwidth Specs | Alibaba Cloud - ecs.g8a.2xlarge delivers all the bandwidth advertised in its specifications | |
|---|---|---|
| Twenty Requests Per Core | Alibaba Cloud - ecs.g8a.2xlarge serves more than 20 HTTP requests per second per vCPU | |
| Over 1300 Geekbench6 Score | Alibaba Cloud - ecs.g8a.2xlarge serves got a Geekbench6 single core score over 1300 | |
| Stable Performance | Alibaba Cloud - ecs.g8a.2xlarge performance is very stable over long periods of time |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst. The grades below are those of the most recent trial run for this plan.
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More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 49
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Alibaba Cloud - ecs.g8a.2xlarge. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Yabs | Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Performance trials run on the ecs.g8a.2xlarge plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the ecs.g8a.2xlarge plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20 2025 | AMD EPYC 9T24 96-Core Processor | Virginia, USA | D |