c5.large vs c7i.large

Instance Typec5.largec7i.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
5 – Generation
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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB4 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
Clock Speed3.4 GHz3.2 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc5.12xlarge, c5.18xlarge, c5.24xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.9xlarge, c5.large, c5.metal, c5.xlargec7i.12xlarge, c7i.16xlarge, c7i.24xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c7i.48xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c7i.8xlarge, c7i.large, c7i.metal-24xl, c7i.metal-48xl, c7i.xlarge
Generationsc3.large, c4.large, c5.large, c6i.large, c7i.large, c8i.largec6i.large, c7i.large, c8i.large
Variantsc5a.large, c5ad.large, c5d.large, c5n.largec7a.large, c7g.large, c7gd.large, c7gn.large, c7i-flex.large
SageMakerml.c5.largeml.c7i.large
OpenSearchc5.large.searchc7i.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units10
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2250 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5.large
c7i.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0850n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.0875
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.08500.0893
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.0875
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08500.0893
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.09800.0977
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.09800.1006
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.10100.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.10100.1011
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.10100.1019
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.10100.1029
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.10200.1029
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.10200.1061
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.10600.1061
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.10600.1061
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08500.0893
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.10600.1071
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.10700.1071
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.10700.1073
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.10700.1113
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.10800.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.11100.1124
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.11100.1124
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.11400.1134
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.13100.1166
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.1166
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.09100.0893
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.1197
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.1224
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.1376
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.09300.0893
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.09300.0937
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.09600.0956
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.09600.0958
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.09600.0958
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.09700.0977
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.0850n/a
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