c6a.16xlarge vs c5a.16xlarge

Instance Typec6a.16xlargec5a.16xlarge
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
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – 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
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6a.12xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c6a.32xlarge, c6a.48xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c6a.large, c6a.metal, c6a.xlargec5a.12xlarge, c5a.16xlarge, c5a.24xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5a.8xlarge, c5a.large, c5a.xlarge
Generationsc5a.16xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c8a.16xlargec5a.16xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c8a.16xlarge
Variantsc6g.16xlarge, c6gd.16xlarge, c6gn.16xlarge, c6i.16xlarge, c6id.16xlarge, c6in.16xlargec5ad.16xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13333 MBps6300 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps6300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps787.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS26700 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS26700 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps6300 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps787.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit20 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.16xlarge
c5a.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.4960n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.49601.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.44802.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.11042.9120
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.19682.9440
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.77282.9440
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a3.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a3.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a3.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.1040
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a3.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a3.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.44802.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.62662.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.67842.7520
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.79362.7520
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.82242.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.90882.8160
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.05282.9120
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.08162.9120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.4640
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.44802.4640
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