a1.large vs c8id.large

Instance Typea1.largec8id.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
d – Instance store volume
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.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.large, c8id.large
Variantsc8a.large, c8g.large, c8gb.large, c8gd.large, c8gn.large, c8i-flex.large, c8i.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 118 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth525 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput65.625 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
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 Diff1.00x2.13x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
a1.large
c8id.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0510n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.05100.1282
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.05760.1409
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)0.05100.1109
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.05100.1109
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1109
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