c5ad.24xlarge vs c8a.24xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.24xlargec8a.24xlarge
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
24xlarge – 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
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory192 GiB192 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.24xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c7a.24xlarge, c8a.24xlarge
Variantsc5.24xlarge, c5a.24xlarge, c5d.24xlargec8g.24xlarge, c8gb.24xlarge, c8gd.24xlarge, c8gn.24xlarge, c8i.24xlarge, c8ib.24xlarge, c8id.24xlarge, c8in.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput9500 MBps30000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps3750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps3750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit40000 Megabit
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 Diff1.00x1.13x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.24xlarge
c8a.24xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.70405.5493
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.80005.5502
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.84805.9035
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.94406.5117
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)5.1840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)5.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)5.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)6.4320n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.12805.1730
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.12805.1730
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.12805.1730
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