c5a.2xlarge vs c6in.2xlarge

Instance Typec5a.2xlargec6in.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
n – Network and EBS optimized
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.xlargec6in.12xlarge, c6in.16xlarge, c6in.24xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.32xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c6in.8xlarge, c6in.large, c6in.metal, c6in.xlarge
Generationsc5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlargec6in.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge
Variantsc5.2xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5d.2xlarge, c5n.2xlargec6a.2xlarge, c6g.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6id.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth800 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput100 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3200 IOPS25000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 40000 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 Diff1.00x1.49x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.2xlarge
c6in.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.4532
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.4427
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1880n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.4427
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30800.4536
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.36400.5124
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.36800.5124
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.36800.5141
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.38000.5166
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.38000.5208
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.38400.5208
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.38800.5376
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.40000.5376
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.41200.5380
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.47200.5418
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.32800.4536
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.5460
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.5460
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.5628
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.5632
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.5670
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.5692
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.5708
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.5712
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.5922
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33600.4536
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.6006
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.6098
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.6972
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.34400.4536
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.34400.4763
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.34800.4872
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.35200.4956
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.36400.4956
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.36400.5120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.3080n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.3080n/a
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