c6i.xlarge vs c5.xlarge

Instance Typec6i.xlargec5.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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 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.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlargec1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge
Variantsc6a.xlarge, c6g.xlarge, c6gd.xlarge, c6gn.xlarge, c6id.xlarge, c6in.xlargec5a.xlarge, c5ad.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, c5n.xlarge
SageMakerml.c6i.xlargeml.c5.xlarge
OpenSearchc5.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units20
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2250 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 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 Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
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.xlarge
c5.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.1700
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.1666n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.17000.1700
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.1666n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17000.1700
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.19150.1960
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.19200.1960
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.19260.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.19400.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.19600.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.20200.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.20200.2040
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.20200.2040
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.20400.2110
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.20400.2110
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17000.1700
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.21120.2120
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.21200.2130
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.21400.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.21400.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.21600.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.22200.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.22800.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.23310.2280
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.26200.2620
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.17000.1820
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.17000.1860
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.17850.1860
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.18200.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.18240.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.18600.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.18600.1940
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.1700
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