c5a.16xlarge vs c6i.16xlarge

Instance Typec5a.16xlargec6i.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
5 – 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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.5 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.xlargec6i.12xlarge, c6i.16xlarge, c6i.24xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6i.32xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6i.8xlarge, c6i.large, c6i.metal, c6i.xlarge
Generationsc5a.16xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c8a.16xlargec6i.16xlarge, c7i.16xlarge, c8i.16xlarge
Variantsc5ad.16xlargec6a.16xlarge, c6g.16xlarge, c6gd.16xlarge, c6gn.16xlarge, c6id.16xlarge, c6in.16xlarge
SageMakerml.c6i.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6300 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6300 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput787.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance26700 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance26700 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6300 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput787.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit25000 Megabit
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 Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.16xlarge
c6i.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a2.6656
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.50402.7200
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a2.6656
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.46402.7200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.91203.0643
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.94403.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.94403.0816
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.04003.1040
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.04003.1360
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.07203.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.10403.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.20003.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.29603.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.77603.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.62402.7200
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a3.3792
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a3.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a3.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a3.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a3.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a3.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a3.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a3.7296
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a4.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.68802.7200
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.75202.7200
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.75202.8560
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.78402.9120
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.81602.9184
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.91202.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.91202.9760
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.4640n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.4640n/a
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