c5a.4xlarge vs c7a.4xlarge

Instance Typec5a.4xlargec7a.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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc5a.12xlarge, c5a.16xlarge, c5a.24xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5a.8xlarge, c5a.large, c5a.xlargec7a.12xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c7a.24xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c7a.32xlarge, c7a.48xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c7a.large, c7a.medium, c7a.metal-48xl, c7a.xlarge
Generationsc5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlargec5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlarge
Variantsc5.4xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlargec7g.4xlarge, c7gd.4xlarge, c7gn.4xlarge, c7i-flex.4xlarge, c7i.4xlarge
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 Bandwidth1580 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6600 IOPS20000 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 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 Diff1.00x1.28x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.4xlarge
c7a.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61600.8790
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.7360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.7360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.7600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.7600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.7680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.7760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.8000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.8240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.9440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.65600.8808
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.67200.8810
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.68800.9370
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.68800.9467
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.69600.9757
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.70401.0239
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.72801.0336
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.7280n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.61600.8211
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.61600.8211
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.8211
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