c5a.16xlarge vs c6in.16xlarge

Instance Typec5a.16xlargec6in.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
n – Network and EBS optimized
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.xlargec6in.12xlarge, c6in.16xlarge, c6in.24xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.32xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c6in.8xlarge, c6in.large, c6in.metal, c6in.xlarge
Generationsc5a.16xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c8a.16xlargec6in.16xlarge, c8in.16xlarge
Variantsc5ad.16xlargec6a.16xlarge, c6g.16xlarge, c6gd.16xlarge, c6gn.16xlarge, c6i.16xlarge, c6id.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6300 MBps50000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6300 Mbps50000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput787.5 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance26700 IOPS200000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance26700 IOPS200000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6300 Mbps50000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput787.5 Mbps6250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit100000 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 Diff1.00x1.49x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.16xlarge
c6in.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a3.6256
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a3.5414
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.5040n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a3.5414
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.46403.6288
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.91204.0992
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.94404.0992
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.94404.1126
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.04004.1328
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.04004.1664
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.07204.1664
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.10404.3008
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.20004.3008
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.29604.3043
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.77604.3344
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.62403.6288
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a4.3680
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a4.3680
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a4.5024
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a4.5056
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a4.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a4.5536
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a4.5664
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a4.5696
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a4.7360
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a4.7376
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.68803.6288
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a4.8048
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a4.8787
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a5.5776
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.75203.6288
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.75203.8102
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.78403.8976
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.81603.9648
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.91203.9648
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.91204.0960
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.4640n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.4640n/a
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