c5ad.16xlarge vs c8gb.16xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.16xlargec8gb.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
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.8 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.xlargec8gb.12xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gb.24xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gb.48xlarge, c8gb.4xlarge, c8gb.8xlarge, c8gb.large, c8gb.medium, c8gb.metal-24xl, c8gb.metal-48xl, c8gb.xlarge
Variantsc5a.16xlargec8a.16xlarge, c8g.16xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8ib.16xlarge, c8id.16xlarge, c8in.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage2 x 1200 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6300 MBps100000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6300 Mbps100000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput787.5 Mbps12500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance26700 IOPS480000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance26700 IOPS480000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6300 Mbps100000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput787.5 Mbps12500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit133.333 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.30x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.16xlarge
c8gb.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.13604.0730
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.20004.2835
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.23204.3187
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.29604.4941
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.45604.7398
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.61605.0982
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.7440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.2880n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.75203.7920
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.75203.7920
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.75203.7920
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