t8i.small vs c5a.large

Instance Typet8i.smallc5a.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
small – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory2 GiB4 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)AMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest8i.medium, t8i.micro, t8i.nano, t8i.smallc5a.12xlarge, c5a.16xlarge, c5a.24xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5a.8xlarge, c5a.large, c5a.xlarge
Generationsc5a.large, c6a.large, c7a.large, c8a.large
Variantsc5.large, c5ad.large, c5d.large, c5n.large
Free Tieryesno
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 5000 MBpsup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth174 Mbps200 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput21.75 Mbps25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance1500 IOPS800 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth5000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput625 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 6.25 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface410
IPv6 Addresses per Interface410
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t8i.small
c5a.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a0.0470
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.02690.0770
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.03120.0910
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.03170.0920
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.03170.0920
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.03260.0950
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.04030.0950
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.0970
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.1030
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.1180
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.02690.0820
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.02740.0840
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.02780.0860
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.02830.0860
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.02830.0870
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.02850.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.02880.0910
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.02980.0910
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.02500.0770
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.02500.0770
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.0250n/a
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