a1.large vs c8ib.large

Instance Typea1.largec8ib.large
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
large – 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
b – EBS optimized
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB4 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.xlargec8ib.12xlarge, c8ib.16xlarge, c8ib.24xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8ib.32xlarge, c8ib.48xlarge, c8ib.4xlarge, c8ib.8xlarge, c8ib.96xlarge, c8ib.large, c8ib.metal-48xl, c8ib.metal-96xl, c8ib.xlarge
Variantsc8a.large, c8g.large, c8gb.large, c8gd.large, c8gn.large, c8i-flex.large, c8i.large, c8id.large, c8in.large, c8ine.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth525 Mbps1563 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput65.625 Mbps195.375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS7500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 16.667 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces34
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.40x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
a1.large
c8ib.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0510n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.0510n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.0576n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.0582n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.0588n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.0642n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.0666n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.0510n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.05100.1361
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1361
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