c1.xlarge vs p2.xlarge
| c1.xlarge | p2.xlarge |
| Compute optimized | GPU instance |
| Obsolete. Not recommended for use 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 1 – Generation xlarge – Size | GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated 2 – Generation xlarge – Size |
| 8 | 4 |
| 7 GiB | 61 GiB |
| x86_64 | n/a |
| Intel Xeon Family | Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) |
| 1 | 0 |
| no | no |
| 1 | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| c1.medium, c1.xlarge | p2.16xlarge, p2.8xlarge, p2.xlarge |
| c1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 20 | 16 |
| 4 x 420 SSD | EBS only |
| supported | |
| supported | |
| unsupported | |
| 750 MBps | |
| 1000 Mbps | |
| 125 Mbps | |
| 8000 IOPS | |
| 8000 IOPS | |
| 1000 Mbps | |
| 125 Mbps | |
| High | High |
| no | yes |
| 4 | |
| 1 | |
| 15 | |
| no | no |
| unsupported | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 2.09x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c1.xlarge | p2.xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | 0.5920 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.5920 | 0.9720 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.6280 | 1.0800 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.6320 | 1.3260 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.6550 | 1.4650 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.6550 | 1.5420 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.7180 | 1.5420 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 1.7180 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 1.7180 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 0.9000 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.5200 | 0.9000 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.5200 | 0.9000 |