a1.4xlarge vs c5ad.4xlarge

Instance Typea1.4xlargec5ad.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargec5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlarge
Variantsc5.4xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBpsup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3500 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput437.5 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS6600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.82x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.4xlarge
c5ad.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40800.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46080.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46560.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.47040.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.51360.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53280.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.0720
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.40800.6880
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40800.6880
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.6880
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