c5.large vs c8i.large

Instance Typec5.largec8i.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB4 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.4 GHz3.9 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.xlargec8i.12xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8i.24xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8i.32xlarge, c8i.48xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8i.96xlarge, c8i.large, c8i.metal-48xl, c8i.metal-96xl, c8i.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.largec8a.large, c8g.large, c8gb.large, c8gd.large, c8gn.large, c8i-flex.large, c8ib.large, c8id.large, c8in.large, c8ine.large
SageMakerml.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 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 Interface1020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.08x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5.large
c8i.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.08500.0937
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.0918
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.08500.0937
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08500.0937
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.09800.1081
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.09800.1114
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.10100.1114
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.10100.1169
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.10100.1180
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.10100.1224
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.10200.1257
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.10200.1285
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.10600.1444
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1060n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08500.0937
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1060n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1070n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1070n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1070n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1110n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1110n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.1310n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.09100.0937
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.09300.1003
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.09300.1005
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.09600.1006
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.09600.1025
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.09600.1058
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.09700.1069
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.0850n/a
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