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Feature•Apr 23, 2026

AWS Compute Optimizer supports 162 new EC2 instance types and 32 new RDS DB instance classes

AWS Compute OptimizerAWS · Compute

AWS Compute Optimizer now supports the latest generation of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) instance types. This expansion enables Compute Optimizer to help you take advantage of the price-to-performance improvements offered by the newest EC2 and RDS instance types.

AWS Compute Optimizer has expanded support to include the latest generation EC2 instance types, including Compute Optimized (C8a, C8gb, C8i, C8i-flex, C8id), General Purpose (M8a, M8azn, M8gb, M8gn, M8id), Memory Optimized (R8a, R8gb, R8gn, R8id), Memory Intensive (x8i), and Storage Optimized (i7i) in its EC2 and EC2 Auto Scaling group recommendations. For RDS recommendations, Compute Optimizer has added support for M7i, M8g, R8g, X1, and Z1d DB instance classes across RDS for MySQL, RDS for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora MySQL, and Aurora PostgreSQL.

This new feature is available in all AWS Regions where Compute Optimizer is available except the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, the AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. For more information about Compute Optimizer, visit our product page and documentation. You can start using Compute Optimizer through the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDK.

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