c5.xlarge vs m4.xlarge

Instance Typec5.xlargem4.xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
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
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
4 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.4 GHz2.4 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.xlargem4.10xlarge, m4.16xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m4.large, m4.xlarge
Generationsc1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlargem1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
Variantsc5a.xlarge, c5ad.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, c5n.xlarge
SageMakerml.c5.xlargeml.m4.xlarge
RDSdb.m4.xlarge
OpenSearchc5.xlarge.searchm4.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m4.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units2013
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2250 MBps750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps93.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps93.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c5.xlarge
m4.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1700n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1700n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17000.2100
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.19600.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.19600.2580
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.20200.2580
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.20200.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.2110n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2110n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17000.2220
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)0.18200.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.18600.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.18600.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.19200.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.19200.2460
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.19200.2500
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.19400.2500
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.2000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17000.2000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.2000
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