c5a.large vs x8g.large

Instance Typec5a.largex8g.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
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB32 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.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Generationsc5a.large, c6a.large, c7a.large, c8a.large
Variantsc5.large, c5ad.large, c5d.large, c5n.largex8aedz.large, x8i.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth200 Mbps630 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput25 Mbps78.75 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 12.5 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 Diff1.00x2.50x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c5a.large
x8g.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0470n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.07700.2225
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)0.08200.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.08400.2345
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.08600.2731
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)0.07700.1954
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.07700.1954
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1954
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