diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/README.md b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/README.md
index 277eba28dbe1d..13a56d6b4b38b 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/README.md
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/README.md
@@ -1362,6 +1362,13 @@ new ec2.Instance(this, 'Instance5', {
     cpuType: ec2.AmazonLinuxCpuType.ARM_64,
   }),
 });
+
+// AMD EPYC (4th gen) Processor
+new ec2.Instance(this, 'Instance6', {
+  vpc,
+  instanceType: ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.C8A, ec2.InstanceSize.LARGE),
+  machineImage: ec2.MachineImage.latestAmazonLinux2023(),
+});
 ```
 
 ### Latest Amazon Linux Images
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/lib/instance-types.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/lib/instance-types.ts
index 44fd685585c82..d99640210f156 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/lib/instance-types.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/lib/instance-types.ts
@@ -792,6 +792,16 @@ export enum InstanceClass {
    */
   C7A = 'c7a',
 
+  /**
+   * Compute optimized instances based on 5th generation AMD EPYC (codename Turin), 8th generation
+   */
+  COMPUTE8_AMD = 'compute8-amd',
+
+  /**
+   * Compute optimized instances based on 5th generation AMD EPYC (codename Turin), 8th generation
+   */
+  C8A = 'c8a',
+
   /**
    * Storage-optimized instances, 2nd generation
    */
@@ -1971,6 +1981,8 @@ export class InstanceType {
       [InstanceClass.C7I_FLEX]: 'c7i-flex',
       [InstanceClass.COMPUTE7_AMD]: 'c7a',
       [InstanceClass.C7A]: 'c7a',
+      [InstanceClass.COMPUTE8_AMD]: 'c8a',
+      [InstanceClass.C8A]: 'c8a',
       [InstanceClass.COMPUTE8_GRAVITON4]: 'c8g',
       [InstanceClass.C8G]: 'c8g',
       [InstanceClass.COMPUTE8_GRAVITON4_NVME_DRIVE]: 'c8gd',
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/test/instance-type.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/test/instance-type.test.ts
index 821485d84c164..6a08d5afd39ea 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/test/instance-type.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2/test/instance-type.test.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,14 @@ describe('InstanceType', () => {
     const instanceType = InstanceType.of(InstanceClass.MAC2_M1ULTRA, InstanceSize.METAL);
     expect(instanceType.toString()).toEqual('mac2-m1ultra.metal');
   });
+
+  test('c8a instance class', () => {
+    const instanceType = InstanceType.of(InstanceClass.C8A, InstanceSize.LARGE);
+    expect(instanceType.toString()).toEqual('c8a.large');
+  });
+
+  test('COMPUTE8_AMD instance class', () => {
+    const instanceType = InstanceType.of(InstanceClass.COMPUTE8_AMD, InstanceSize.XLARGE);
+    expect(instanceType.toString()).toEqual('c8a.xlarge');
+  });
 });