c5.2xlarge vs c3.2xlarge

Instance Typec5.2xlargec3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedCompute optimized
DetailsHigh-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
2xlarge – Size
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
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed3.4 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc5.12xlarge, c5.18xlarge, c5.24xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.9xlarge, c5.large, c5.metal, c5.xlargec3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlarge
Generationsc3.2xlarge, c4.2xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c8i.2xlargec3.2xlarge, c4.2xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge
Variantsc5a.2xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5d.2xlarge, c5n.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c5.2xlarge
OpenSearchc5.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units3928
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 80 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2250 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.25x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5.2xlarge
c3.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3400n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3400n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)n/a0.4600
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.34000.4780
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.3920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.3920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4030n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.34000.4780
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.4270n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.4280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.4280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.4440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.4440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.5240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.36400.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.37200.5110
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.37200.5160
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.38400.5290
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.38400.5290
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.38400.6500
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.3880n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34000.4200
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.4200
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