a1.2xlarge vs c8id.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlargec8id.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

aARM 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.

cCompute optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargec8id.12xlarge, c8id.16xlarge, c8id.24xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8id.32xlarge, c8id.48xlarge, c8id.4xlarge, c8id.8xlarge, c8id.96xlarge, c8id.large, c8id.metal-48xl, c8id.metal-96xl, c8id.xlarge
Generationsc6id.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge
Variantsc8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.13x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
c8id.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20400.5128
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23040.5636
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.2328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.2352n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.2568n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.2664n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20400.4435
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20400.4435
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.4435
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