c5ad.12xlarge vs c8a.12xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.12xlargec8a.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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory96 GiB96 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlargec8a.12xlarge, c8a.16xlarge, c8a.24xlarge, c8a.2xlarge, c8a.48xlarge, c8a.4xlarge, c8a.8xlarge, c8a.large, c8a.medium, c8a.metal-24xl, c8a.metal-48xl, c8a.xlarge
Generationsc5a.12xlarge, c6a.12xlarge, c7a.12xlarge, c8a.12xlarge
Variantsc5.12xlarge, c5a.12xlarge, c5d.12xlargec8g.12xlarge, c8gb.12xlarge, c8gd.12xlarge, c8gn.12xlarge, c8i-flex.12xlarge, c8i.12xlarge, c8ib.12xlarge, c8id.12xlarge, c8in.12xlarge, c8ine.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage2 x 900 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput4750 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces812
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.13x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.12xlarge
c8a.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.35202.7746
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.40002.7751
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.42402.9518
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.47203.2558
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.5920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.7120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.8080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.2160n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.06402.5865
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.06402.5865
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.06402.5865
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