c6a.xlarge vs c5a.xlarge

Instance Typec6a.xlargec5a.xlarge
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
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6a.12xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c6a.32xlarge, c6a.48xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c6a.large, c6a.metal, c6a.xlargec5a.12xlarge, c5a.16xlarge, c5a.24xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5a.8xlarge, c5a.large, c5a.xlarge
Generationsc5a.xlarge, c6a.xlarge, c7a.xlarge, c8a.xlargec5a.xlarge, c6a.xlarge, c7a.xlarge, c8a.xlarge
Variantsc6g.xlarge, c6gd.xlarge, c6gn.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c6id.xlarge, c6in.xlargec5.xlarge, c5ad.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, c5n.xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps400 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps50 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS1600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.xlarge
c5a.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0935n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.09350.0940
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.15300.1540
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.19440.1820
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.19980.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.23580.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.1900
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.1900
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.1940
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2060
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2360
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.15300.1640
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.16420.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.16740.1720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.17460.1720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.17640.1740
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.18180.1760
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.19080.1820
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.19260.1820
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1540
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.15300.1540
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