a1.2xlarge vs c6gn.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlargec6gn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargec6gn.12xlarge, c6gn.16xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6gn.8xlarge, c6gn.large, c6gn.medium, c6gn.metal, c6gn.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.2xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge
Variantsc6a.2xlarge, c6g.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c6gn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.77x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
c6gn.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.3366
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2040n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.3366
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20400.3456
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.3924
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.3944
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.3960
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.3968
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.4099
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.4100
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.4100
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.4128
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23040.3456
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.4288
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.4360
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.4369
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.4520
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.4580
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.4746
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.5320
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23280.3460
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23520.3629
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25680.3720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26640.3784
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.3784
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.3900
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.3904
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.2040n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20400.3456
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