c5.metal vs c6i.metal

Instance Typec5.metalc6i.metal
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
metal – Bare metal
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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
metal – Bare metal
vCPUs96128
Memory192 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275LIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.5 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.xlargec6i.12xlarge, c6i.16xlarge, c6i.24xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6i.32xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6i.8xlarge, c6i.large, c6i.metal, c6i.xlarge
Generationsc5.metal, c6i.metal
Variantsc5d.metal, c5n.metalc6a.metal, c6g.metal, c6gd.metal, c6gn.metal, c6id.metal, c6in.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units375
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput14000 MBps40000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps5000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit50000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.30x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5.metal
c6i.metal
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)4.0800n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a5.3312
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)4.08005.4400
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a5.3312
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.08005.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.70406.1286
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.70406.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.83806.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.84806.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.84806.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.84806.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.89606.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.89606.5280
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)5.06906.5280
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)5.06906.7584
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.08005.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)5.08806.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)5.12206.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)5.13606.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)5.13606.9120
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)5.18407.1040
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)5.32807.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)5.32808.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)5.4720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)6.2880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.36805.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.46405.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.46405.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.60805.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.60805.8368
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.60805.9520
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.65605.9520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.0800n/a
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