c6a.24xlarge vs c5a.24xlarge

Instance Typec6a.24xlargec5a.24xlarge
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
24xlarge – 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
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory192 GiB192 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.24xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c7a.24xlarge, c8a.24xlargec5a.24xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c7a.24xlarge, c8a.24xlarge
Variantsc6i.24xlarge, c6id.24xlarge, c6in.24xlargec5.24xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5d.24xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth30000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput3750 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance120000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth30000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3750 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance37500 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.24xlarge
c5a.24xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)2.2440n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.24402.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.67203.6960
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.66564.3680
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.79524.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)5.65924.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a4.5600
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a4.5600
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a4.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a4.6560
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a4.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a4.9440
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a5.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.67203.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.93984.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.01764.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.19044.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.23364.1760
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.36324.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.57924.3680
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.62244.3680
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a3.6960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.67203.6960
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