c5a.xlarge vs c6i.xlarge

Instance Typec5a.xlargec6i.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
5 – 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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 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.xlargec6i.12xlarge, c6i.16xlarge, c6i.24xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6i.32xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6i.8xlarge, c6i.large, c6i.metal, c6i.xlarge
Generationsc5a.xlarge, c6a.xlarge, c7a.xlarge, c8a.xlargec6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge
Variantsc5.xlarge, c5ad.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, c5n.xlargec6a.xlarge, c6g.xlarge, c6gd.xlarge, c6gn.xlarge, c6id.xlarge, c6in.xlarge
SageMakerml.c6i.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth400 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput50 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance1600 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
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 Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.xlarge
c6i.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.1666
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.09400.1700
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.1666
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.15400.1700
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.18200.1915
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.18400.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.18400.1926
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.19000.1940
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.19000.1960
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.19200.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.19400.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.20000.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.20600.2040
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.23600.2040
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.16400.1700
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2112
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2120
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2280
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2331
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.2620
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.16800.1700
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.17200.1700
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.17200.1785
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.17400.1820
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.17600.1824
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.18200.1860
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.18200.1860
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1540n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.1540n/a
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