c6i.12xlarge vs c5.12xlarge

Instance Typec6i.12xlargec5.12xlarge
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
12xlarge – Size
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
5 – Generation
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory96 GiB96 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8275L
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.6 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.xlargec5.12xlarge, c5.18xlarge, c5.24xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.9xlarge, c5.large, c5.metal, c5.xlarge
Generationsc6i.12xlarge, c7i.12xlarge, c8i.12xlargec5.12xlarge, c6i.12xlarge, c7i.12xlarge, c8i.12xlarge
Variantsc6a.12xlarge, c6g.12xlarge, c6gd.12xlarge, c6gn.12xlarge, c6id.12xlarge, c6in.12xlargec5a.12xlarge, c5ad.12xlarge, c5d.12xlarge
SageMakerml.c6i.12xlargeml.c5.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units188
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6i.12xlarge
c5.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a2.0400
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)1.9992n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.04002.0400
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)1.9992n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.04002.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.29822.3520
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.30402.3520
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.31122.4190
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.32802.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.35202.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.42402.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.42402.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.42402.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)2.44802.5340
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)2.44802.5340
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.04002.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)2.53442.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)2.54402.5610
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)2.56802.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)2.56802.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)2.59202.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)2.66402.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)2.73602.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)2.79722.7360
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)3.14403.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.04002.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.04002.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.14202.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.18402.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.18882.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.23202.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.23202.3280
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a2.0400
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