c6i.large vs c5.large

Instance Typec6i.largec5.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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB4 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.large, c7i.large, c8i.largec3.large, c4.large, c5.large, c6i.large, c7i.large, c8i.large
Variantsc6a.large, c6g.large, c6gd.large, c6gn.large, c6id.large, c6in.largec5a.large, c5ad.large, c5d.large, c5n.large
SageMakerml.c6i.largeml.c5.large
OpenSearchc5.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units10
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2250 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS4000 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
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.large
c5.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.0850
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.0833n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.08500.0850
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.0833n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08500.0850
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.09580.0980
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.09600.0980
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.09630.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.09700.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.09800.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.10100.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.10100.1020
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.10100.1020
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.10200.1060
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.10200.1060
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08500.0850
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.10560.1060
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.10600.1070
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.10700.1070
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.10700.1070
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.10800.1080
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.11100.1110
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.11400.1110
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.11660.1140
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.13100.1310
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.08500.0910
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.08500.0930
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.08930.0930
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.09100.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.09120.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.09300.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.09300.0970
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.0850
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