c6i.2xlarge vs c4.2xlarge

Instance Typec6i.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.

c – Compute optimized
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
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
4 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz2.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6i.12xlarge, c6i.16xlarge, c6i.24xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6i.32xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6i.8xlarge, c6i.large, c6i.metal, c6i.xlargec4.2xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.8xlarge, c4.large, c4.xlarge
Generationsc6i.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c8i.2xlargec3.2xlarge, c4.2xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge
Variantsc6a.2xlarge, c6g.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c6i.2xlargeml.c4.2xlarge
OpenSearchc4.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps1000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6i.2xlarge
c4.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.3332n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3400n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.3332n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.34000.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.38300.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.38400.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.38520.5220
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.38800.6180
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.3920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.34000.4380
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4224n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.4240n/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)0.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.4662n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.5240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.34000.4530
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.34000.4540
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.35700.4540
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.36400.4620
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.36480.4760
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.37200.4790
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.37200.4980
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.3980
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.3980
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.3980
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