c5a.4xlarge vs c5n.4xlarge

Instance Typec5a.4xlargec5n.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB42 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.4 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.xlargec5n.18xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.9xlarge, c5n.large, c5n.metal, c5n.xlarge
Generationsc5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlargec5n.4xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c8in.4xlarge
Variantsc5.4xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlargec5.4xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge
SageMakerml.c5n.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units73
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6600 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.44x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.4xlarge
c5n.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.37600.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61600.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.72801.0240
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.73601.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.73601.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.76001.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.76001.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.76801.0800
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.77601.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.80001.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.82401.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.94401.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.65600.9280
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.1620
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.3280
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.67200.9440
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.68800.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.68800.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.69600.9840
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.70400.9920
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.72800.9920
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.72801.0240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.61600.8640
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.61600.8640
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