c5.4xlarge vs c3.4xlarge

Instance Typec5.4xlargec3.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB30 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
Generationsc3.4xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c8i.4xlargec3.4xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c8i.4xlarge
Variantsc5a.4xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlarge
SageMakerml.c5.4xlarge
OpenSearchc5.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units7355
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 160 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2250 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
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
c5.4xlarge
c3.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.6800n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.6800n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)n/a0.9190
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68000.9560
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.7840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.7840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.8060n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.8080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.8080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.8080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.8160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.8160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.8450n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.8450n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.68000.9560
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.8480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.8540n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.8560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.8560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.8640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.8880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.8880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.9120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)1.0480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.72801.0080
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.74401.0210
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.74401.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.76801.0580
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.76801.0580
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.76801.3000
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.7760n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.68000.8400
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.8400
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