c5a.4xlarge vs c9gd.4xlarge

Instance Typec5a.4xlargec9gd.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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AWS Graviton5 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.3 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.xlargec9gd.12xlarge, c9gd.16xlarge, c9gd.24xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge, c9gd.48xlarge, c9gd.4xlarge, c9gd.8xlarge, c9gd.large, c9gd.medium, c9gd.metal-48xl, c9gd.xlarge
Generationsc5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlargec6gd.4xlarge, c7gd.4xlarge, c8gd.4xlarge, c9gd.4xlarge
Variantsc5.4xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlargec9g.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 12000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps6000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6600 IOPS24000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 17 Gigabit
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 Diff1.00x1.31x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.4xlarge
c9gd.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61600.9880
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)0.65601.0858
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.6720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.6880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.6880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.6960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.7040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.7280n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.61600.8544
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.61600.8544
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.8544
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