c6a.12xlarge vs c5ad.12xlarge

Instance Typec6a.12xlargec5ad.12xlarge
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
12xlarge – 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
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory96 GiB96 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.xlargec5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlarge
Generationsc5a.12xlarge, c6a.12xlarge, c7a.12xlarge, c8a.12xlarge
Variantsc6g.12xlarge, c6gd.12xlarge, c6gn.12xlarge, c6i.12xlarge, c6id.12xlarge, c6in.12xlargec5.12xlarge, c5a.12xlarge, c5d.12xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.12xlarge
c5ad.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.1220n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.1220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.83602.3520
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.3328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.3976n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.8296n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.83602.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.96992.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.00882.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.09522.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.11682.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.18162.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.28963.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.3112n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.0640
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.83602.0640
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.0640
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