c5.xlarge vs c5n.xlarge

Instance Typec5.xlargec5n.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB10.5 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon Platinum 8124M
Clock Speed3.4 GHz3.4 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.xlargec5n.18xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.9xlarge, c5n.large, c5n.metal, c5n.xlarge
Generationsc1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlargec5n.xlarge, c6in.xlarge, c8in.xlarge
Variantsc5a.xlarge, c5ad.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, c5n.xlargec5.xlarge, c5a.xlarge, c5ad.xlarge, c5d.xlarge
SageMakerml.c5.xlargeml.c5n.xlarge
OpenSearchc5.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units2020
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2250 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.27x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5.xlarge
c5n.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1700n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.17000.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17000.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.19600.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.19600.2580
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.20200.2600
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.20200.2600
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.20200.2680
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.20200.2700
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.20400.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.20400.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.21100.2820
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.21100.2860
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17000.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.21200.2900
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.21300.3320
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2620n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.18200.2360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.18600.2440
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.18600.2440
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.19200.2460
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.19200.2480
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.19200.2480
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.19400.2560
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.2160
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17000.2160
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