c5ad.12xlarge vs c8id.12xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.12xlargec8id.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
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory96 GiB96 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.9 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.xlargec8id.12xlarge, c8id.16xlarge, c8id.24xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8id.32xlarge, c8id.48xlarge, c8id.4xlarge, c8id.8xlarge, c8id.96xlarge, c8id.large, c8id.metal-48xl, c8id.metal-96xl, c8id.xlarge
Generationsc6id.12xlarge, c8id.12xlarge
Variantsc5.12xlarge, c5a.12xlarge, c5d.12xlargec8a.12xlarge, c8g.12xlarge, c8gb.12xlarge, c8gd.12xlarge, c8gn.12xlarge, c8i-flex.12xlarge, c8i.12xlarge, c8ib.12xlarge, c8in.12xlarge, c8ine.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 900 NVMe SSD1 x 2850 NVMe SSD
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 Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.17x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.12xlarge
c8id.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.35202.7444
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.40002.8829
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.42403.0216
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.47203.0770
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.59203.3818
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.7120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.8080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.2160n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.06402.6611
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.06402.6611
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.06402.6611
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