c8gd.large vs c4.large

Instance Typec8gd.largec4.large
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB3.75 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8gd.12xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c8gd.24xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gd.48xlarge, c8gd.4xlarge, c8gd.8xlarge, c8gd.large, c8gd.medium, c8gd.metal-24xl, c8gd.metal-48xl, c8gd.xlargec4.2xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.8xlarge, c4.large, c4.xlarge
Generationsc6gd.large, c7gd.large, c8gd.large, c9gd.largec3.large, c4.large, c5.large, c6i.large, c7i.large, c8i.large
Variantsc8a.large, c8g.large, c8gb.large, c8gn.large, c8i-flex.large, c8i.large, c8ib.large, c8id.large, c8in.large, c8ine.large
SageMakerml.c4.large
OpenSearchc4.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units8
Instance Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBps500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth630 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput78.75 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.06x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8gd.large
c4.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.0972n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.06220.1000
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.0972n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.09800.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.11430.1260
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.11740.1260
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.12450.1300
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.12860.1550
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1350n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1521n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.09800.1100
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.09800.1130
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10610.1140
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10820.1140
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.11120.1150
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.11120.1190
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.11230.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.11330.1240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.1000
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