c5a.12xlarge vs c5ad.12xlarge

Instance Typec5a.12xlargec5ad.12xlarge
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.

cCompute optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

cCompute optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory96 GiB96 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc5a.12xlarge, c5a.16xlarge, c5a.24xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5a.8xlarge, c5a.large, c5a.xlargec5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlarge
Generationsc5a.12xlarge, c6a.12xlarge, c7a.12xlarge, c8a.12xlarge
Variantsc5.12xlarge, c5ad.12xlarge, c5d.12xlargec5.12xlarge, c5a.12xlarge, c5d.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput4750 MBps4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c5a.12xlarge
c5ad.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.1280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.84802.3520
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.1840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.2080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.2080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.2800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.2800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.3040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.3280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.4000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)2.4720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)2.8320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.96802.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.01602.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.06402.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.06402.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.08802.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.11202.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.18403.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.1840n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.84802.0640
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.84802.0640
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.0640
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