c5a.large vs c6id.large

Instance Typec5a.largec6id.large
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
large – 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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB4 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.5 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.xlargec6id.12xlarge, c6id.16xlarge, c6id.24xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6id.32xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6id.8xlarge, c6id.large, c6id.metal, c6id.xlarge
Generationsc5a.large, c6a.large, c7a.large, c8a.largec6id.large, c8id.large
Variantsc5.large, c5ad.large, c5d.large, c5n.largec6a.large, c6g.large, c6gd.large, c6gn.large, c6i.large, c6in.large
SageMakerml.c6id.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 118 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth200 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance800 IOPS3600 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.32x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.large
c6id.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.1000
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0470n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.07700.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.09100.1176
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.09200.1197
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.09200.1202
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.09500.1208
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.09500.1208
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.09600.1218
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.09700.1281
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.10000.1323
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.10300.1389
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.11800.1565
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08200.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.08400.1058
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.08600.1113
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.08600.1113
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.08700.1145
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.08800.1153
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.09100.1155
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.09100.1166
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.0770n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.07700.1008
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