c5a.4xlarge vs c8i.4xlarge

Instance Typec5a.4xlargec8i.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.9 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.xlargec8i.12xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8i.24xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8i.32xlarge, c8i.48xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8i.96xlarge, c8i.large, c8i.metal-48xl, c8i.metal-96xl, c8i.xlarge
Generationsc5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlargec6i.4xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c8i.4xlarge
Variantsc5.4xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlargec8a.4xlarge, c8g.4xlarge, c8gb.4xlarge, c8gd.4xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge, c8i-flex.4xlarge, c8ib.4xlarge, c8id.4xlarge, c8in.4xlarge, c8ine.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 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.21x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.4xlarge
c8i.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.7497
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.7347
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.37600.7497
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61600.7497
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.72800.8644
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.73600.8908
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.73600.8908
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.76000.9349
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.76000.9438
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.76800.9790
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.77601.0055
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.80001.0280
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.82401.1554
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.9440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.65600.7497
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.67200.7497
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.68800.8026
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.68800.8043
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.69600.8044
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.70400.8202
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.72800.8467
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.72800.8555
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.6160n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.6160n/a
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