c5.2xlarge vs c4.2xlarge

Instance Typec5.2xlargec4.2xlarge
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.

cCompute 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.

cCompute optimized
4 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.4 GHz2.9 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.xlargec4.2xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.8xlarge, c4.large, c4.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.c5.2xlargeml.c4.2xlarge
OpenSearchc5.2xlarge.searchc4.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units3931
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2250 MBps1000 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 Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c5.2xlarge
c4.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3400n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.34000.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.39200.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.39200.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.40300.5220
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.40400.6180
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)0.34000.4380
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)0.36400.4530
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.37200.4540
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.37200.4540
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.38400.4620
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.38400.4760
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.38400.4790
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.38800.4980
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.3980
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34000.3980
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.3980
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