c5a.xlarge vs c6id.xlarge

Instance Typec5a.xlargec6id.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
d – Instance store volume
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.xlargec6id.12xlarge, c6id.16xlarge, c6id.24xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6id.32xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6id.8xlarge, c6id.large, c6id.metal, c6id.xlarge
Generationsc5a.xlarge, c6a.xlarge, c7a.xlarge, c8a.xlargec6id.xlarge, c8id.xlarge
Variantsc5.xlarge, c5ad.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, c5n.xlargec6a.xlarge, c6g.xlarge, c6gd.xlarge, c6gn.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c6in.xlarge
SageMakerml.c6id.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 237 NVMe SSD
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 Diff1.00x1.32x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.xlarge
c6id.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.1999
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0940n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.1999
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.15400.2016
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.18200.2352
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.18400.2394
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.18400.2403
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.19000.2415
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.19000.2415
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.19200.2436
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.19400.2562
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.20000.2646
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.20600.2778
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.23600.3129
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.16400.2016
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.16800.2117
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.17200.2226
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.17200.2226
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.17400.2289
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.17600.2306
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.18200.2310
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.18200.2331
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1540n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.15400.2016
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