c8gd.xlarge vs c4.xlarge

Instance Typec8gd.xlargec4.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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
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
4 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB7.5 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.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge, c9gd.xlargec1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge
Variantsc8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gb.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8i.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8in.xlarge, c8ine.xlarge
SageMakerml.c4.xlarge
OpenSearchc4.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units16
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBps750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps93.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps93.75 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 Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8gd.xlarge
c4.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.1943n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.1943n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.19600.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.25720.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.27010.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.30410.2610
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.3090
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.19600.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.21640.2260
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.22250.2270
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.22250.2270
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.22660.2310
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.22860.2370
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.23470.2390
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.24900.2490
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1990
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.19600.1990
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1990
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