c5a.large vs c6in.large

Instance Typec5a.largec6in.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
n – Network and EBS optimized
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.xlargec6in.12xlarge, c6in.16xlarge, c6in.24xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.32xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c6in.8xlarge, c6in.large, c6in.metal, c6in.xlarge
Generationsc5a.large, c6a.large, c7a.large, c8a.largec6in.large, c8in.large
Variantsc5.large, c5ad.large, c5d.large, c5n.largec6a.large, c6g.large, c6gd.large, c6gn.large, c6i.large, c6id.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth200 Mbps1562 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput25 Mbps195.3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance800 IOPS6250 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25000 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 Diff1.00x1.49x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.large
c6in.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.1133
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.1107
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0470n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.1107
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.07700.1134
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.09100.1281
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.09200.1281
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.09200.1285
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.09500.1292
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.09500.1302
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.09600.1302
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.09700.1344
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.10000.1344
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.10300.1345
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.11800.1355
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08200.1134
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.1365
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.1365
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.1407
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.1408
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.1418
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.1423
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.1427
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.1428
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.1480
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.1481
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.08400.1134
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.1502
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.1525
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.1743
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.08600.1134
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.08600.1191
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.08700.1218
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.08800.1239
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.09100.1239
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.09100.1280
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.0770n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.0770n/a
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