c5.xlarge vs c7i.xlarge

Instance Typec5.xlargec7i.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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 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
Generationsc1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlargec6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge
Variantsc5a.xlarge, c5ad.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, c5n.xlargec7a.xlarge, c7g.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c7i-flex.xlarge
SageMakerml.c5.xlargeml.c7i.xlarge
OpenSearchc5.xlarge.searchc7i.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units20
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2250 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 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 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 Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5.xlarge
c7i.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1700n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.1749
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.17000.1785
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.1749
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17000.1785
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.19600.1953
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.19600.2011
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.20200.2016
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.20200.2022
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.20200.2037
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.20200.2058
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.20400.2058
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.20400.2121
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.21100.2121
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.21100.2121
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17000.1785
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.21200.2142
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.21300.2142
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.21400.2145
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.21400.2226
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.21600.2241
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.22200.2247
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.22200.2247
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.22800.2268
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.26200.2331
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.2331
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.18200.1785
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.2394
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.2448
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.2751
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.18600.1785
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.18600.1874
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.19200.1911
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.19200.1915
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.19200.1915
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.19400.1953
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.1700n/a
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