c5a.2xlarge vs c6i.2xlarge

Instance Typec5a.2xlargec6i.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
5 – 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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB16 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.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlargec6i.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge
Variantsc5.2xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5d.2xlarge, c5n.2xlargec6a.2xlarge, c6g.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c6i.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth800 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput100 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3200 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
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 Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.2xlarge
c6i.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.3332
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.18800.3400
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.3332
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30800.3400
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.36400.3830
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.36800.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.36800.3852
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.38000.3880
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.38000.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.38400.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.38800.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.40000.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.41200.4080
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.47200.4080
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.32800.3400
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.4224
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.4280
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.4280
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.4440
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.4662
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.5240
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33600.3400
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.34400.3400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.34400.3570
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.34800.3640
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.35200.3648
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.36400.3720
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.36400.3720
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.3080n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.3080n/a
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