c5.xlarge vs c8i.xlarge

Instance Typec5.xlargec8i.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 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
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.xlargec8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gb.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8in.xlarge, c8ine.xlarge
SageMakerml.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 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 Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
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.xlarge
c8i.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.17000.1874
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.1837
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.17000.1874
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17000.1874
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.19600.2161
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.19600.2227
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.20200.2227
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.20200.2337
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.20200.2359
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.20200.2448
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.20400.2514
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.20400.2570
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.21100.2889
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2110n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17000.1874
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2130n/a
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)0.18200.1874
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.18600.2007
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.18600.2011
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.19200.2011
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.19200.2051
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.19200.2117
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.19400.2139
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.1700n/a
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