c5a.2xlarge vs x1e.2xlarge

Instance Typec5a.2xlargex1e.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory 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
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.3 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.xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Generationsc5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlarge
Variantsc5.2xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5d.2xlarge, c5n.2xlarge
RDSdb.x1e.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units23
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 240 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBps1000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth800 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput100 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3200 IOPS7400 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS7400 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x6.10x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.2xlarge
x1e.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30801.7200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.36402.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.36802.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.36802.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.38003.2510
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.3800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.4000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.32801.8340
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33602.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.34402.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.34402.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.34802.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.35202.3800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.36402.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.36402.4180
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.30801.6680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.30801.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.6680
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