c5.xlarge vs c3.xlarge

Instance Typec5.xlargec3.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB7.5 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
Generationsc1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlargec1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge
Variantsc5a.xlarge, c5ad.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, c5n.xlarge
SageMakerml.c5.xlarge
OpenSearchc5.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units2014
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 40 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2250 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitModerate
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.xlarge
c3.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1700n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1700n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)n/a0.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17000.2390
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.2110n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2110n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17000.2390
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2130n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2620n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.18200.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.18600.2550
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.18600.2580
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.19200.2650
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.19200.2650
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.19200.3250
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1940n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17000.2100
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.2100
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