c6i.4xlarge vs c5.4xlarge

Instance Typec6i.4xlargec5.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.4 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.4xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c8i.4xlargec3.4xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c8i.4xlarge
Variantsc6a.4xlarge, c6g.4xlarge, c6gd.4xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6in.4xlargec5a.4xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlarge
SageMakerml.c6i.4xlargeml.c5.4xlarge
OpenSearchc5.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units73
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2250 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 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 Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6i.4xlarge
c5.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.6800
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.6664n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.68000.6800
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.6664n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68000.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.76610.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.76800.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.77040.8060
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.77600.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.78400.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.80800.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.80800.8160
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.80800.8160
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.81600.8450
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.81600.8450
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.68000.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.84480.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.84800.8540
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.85600.8560
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.85600.8560
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.86400.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.88800.8880
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.91200.8880
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.93240.9120
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)1.04801.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.68000.7280
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.68000.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.71400.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.72800.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.72960.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.74400.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.74400.7760
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.6800
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