c5ad.16xlarge vs c8in.16xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.16xlargec8in.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
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB128 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.xlargec8in.12xlarge, c8in.16xlarge, c8in.24xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8in.32xlarge, c8in.48xlarge, c8in.4xlarge, c8in.8xlarge, c8in.96xlarge, c8in.large, c8in.metal-48xl, c8in.metal-96xl, c8in.xlarge
Generationsc6in.16xlarge, c8in.16xlarge
Variantsc5a.16xlargec8a.16xlarge, c8g.16xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8ib.16xlarge, c8id.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage2 x 1200 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6300 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6300 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput787.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance26700 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance26700 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6300 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput787.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.47x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.16xlarge
c8in.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.13604.4998
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.20004.9152
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.23204.9190
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.29604.9594
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.45604.9997
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.61605.4835
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.74405.6851
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.2880n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.75204.3546
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.75204.3546
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.75204.3546
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