c7i-flex.16xlarge vs c5ad.16xlarge

Instance Typec7i-flex.16xlargec5ad.16xlarge
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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
16xlarge – 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
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)AMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7i-flex.12xlarge, c7i-flex.16xlarge, c7i-flex.2xlarge, c7i-flex.4xlarge, c7i-flex.8xlarge, c7i-flex.large, c7i-flex.xlargec5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlarge
Generationsc7i-flex.16xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge
Variantsc7a.16xlarge, c7g.16xlarge, c7gd.16xlarge, c7gn.16xlarge, c7i.16xlargec5a.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1200 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 20000 MBps6300 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps6300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps787.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS26700 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS26700 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps6300 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps787.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25000 Megabit20 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c7i-flex.16xlarge
c5ad.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)2.6591n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.7132n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)2.6591n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.71323.1360
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.0643n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.0739n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.0962n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.1280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.1288n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.2239n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.2239n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.2560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.2605n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.71323.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.3835n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.4061n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.4154n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.4474n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.5431n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.6387n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.7203n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)4.1815n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.71323.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.71333.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.84883.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.90473.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.91043.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.91114.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.9686n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.7520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a2.7520
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.7520
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