c6a.8xlarge vs c5a.8xlarge

Instance Typec6a.8xlargec5a.8xlarge
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
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – 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
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6a.12xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c6a.32xlarge, c6a.48xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c6a.large, c6a.metal, c6a.xlargec5a.12xlarge, c5a.16xlarge, c5a.24xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5a.8xlarge, c5a.large, c5a.xlarge
Generationsc5a.8xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c8a.8xlargec5a.8xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c8a.8xlarge
Variantsc6g.8xlarge, c6gd.8xlarge, c6gn.8xlarge, c6i.8xlarge, c6id.8xlarge, c6in.8xlargec5ad.8xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6667 MBps3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 Megabit10 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 Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.8xlarge
c5a.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.7480n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.74800.7520
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.22401.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.55521.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.59841.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.88641.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.8880
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.22401.3120
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.31331.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.33921.3760
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.39681.3760
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.41121.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.45441.4080
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.52641.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.54081.4560
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.2320
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.22401.2320
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