c5ad.12xlarge vs c6in.12xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.12xlargec6in.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
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory96 GiB96 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
Sizesc5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlargec6in.12xlarge, c6in.16xlarge, c6in.24xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.32xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c6in.8xlarge, c6in.large, c6in.metal, c6in.xlarge
Generationsc6in.12xlarge, c8in.12xlarge
Variantsc5.12xlarge, c5a.12xlarge, c5d.12xlargec6a.12xlarge, c6g.12xlarge, c6gd.12xlarge, c6gn.12xlarge, c6i.12xlarge, c6id.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage2 x 900 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput4750 MBps37500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps37500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps4687.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS150000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS150000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps37500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps4687.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit75000 Megabit
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 Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.28x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.12xlarge
c6in.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a2.7192
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a2.6561
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a2.6561
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.35202.7216
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a3.0744
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a3.0744
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a3.0845
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a3.0996
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a3.1248
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a3.1248
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a3.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.2282
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a3.2508
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.40002.7216
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a3.2760
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a3.2760
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a3.3768
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a3.3792
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a3.4020
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a3.4152
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a3.4248
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a3.4272
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a3.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a3.5532
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.42402.7216
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a3.6036
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a3.6590
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a4.1832
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.47202.7216
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.59202.8577
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.71202.9232
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.80802.9736
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.21602.9736
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a3.0720
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.0640n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.0640n/a
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.0640n/a
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