c6a.2xlarge vs c5a.2xlarge

Instance Typec6a.2xlargec5a.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB16 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.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlargec5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlarge
Variantsc6g.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6in.2xlargec5.2xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5d.2xlarge, c5n.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps800 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps100 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS3200 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.2xlarge
c5a.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1870n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.18700.1880
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30600.3080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.38880.3640
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.39960.3680
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.47160.3680
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.3800
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.3800
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.3880
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.4120
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.30600.3280
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.32830.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.33480.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.34920.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.35280.3480
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.36360.3520
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.38160.3640
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.38520.3640
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.3080
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.30600.3080
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