c5a.24xlarge vs c8i.24xlarge

Instance Typec5a.24xlargec8i.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
5 – 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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.9 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.xlargec8i.12xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8i.24xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8i.32xlarge, c8i.48xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8i.96xlarge, c8i.large, c8i.metal-48xl, c8i.metal-96xl, c8i.xlarge
Generationsc5a.24xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c7a.24xlarge, c8a.24xlargec6i.24xlarge, c7i.24xlarge, c8i.24xlarge
Variantsc5.24xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5d.24xlargec8a.24xlarge, c8g.24xlarge, c8gb.24xlarge, c8gd.24xlarge, c8gn.24xlarge, c8ib.24xlarge, c8id.24xlarge, c8in.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput9500 MBps30000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps3750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps3750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit40000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.21x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.24xlarge
c8i.24xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a4.4981
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a4.4083
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.25604.4981
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.69604.4981
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.36805.1864
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.41605.3448
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.41605.3448
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.56005.6093
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.56005.6626
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.60805.8742
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.65606.0331
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.80006.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)4.94406.9326
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)5.6640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.93604.4981
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.03204.4981
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.12804.8158
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.12804.8259
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.17604.8264
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.22404.9214
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.36805.0803
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.36805.1331
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.6960n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.6960n/a
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