c5a.large vs r8gb.large

Instance Typec5a.larger8gb.large
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory 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 databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.8 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.xlarger8gb.12xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gb.24xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gb.48xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gb.8xlarge, r8gb.large, r8gb.medium, r8gb.metal-24xl, r8gb.metal-48xl, r8gb.xlarge
Generationsc5a.large, c6a.large, c7a.large, c8a.large
Variantsc5.large, c5ad.large, c5d.large, c5n.larger8a.large, r8g.large, r8gd.large, r8gn.large, r8i-flex.large, r8i.large, r8ib.large, r8id.large, r8idb.large, r8idn.large, r8in.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 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput25 Mbps390.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance800 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 20 Gigabit
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 Diff1.00x2.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.large
r8gb.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0470n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.0910n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.0920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.0920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.0950n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.0950n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.0960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.0970n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1030n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.0820n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.0840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.0860n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.0860n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.0870n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.0880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.0910n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.0910n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.0770n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.07700.1822
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1822
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