c6a.2xlarge vs c5ad.2xlarge

Instance Typec6a.2xlargec5ad.2xlarge
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
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6a.12xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c6a.32xlarge, c6a.48xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c6a.large, c6a.metal, c6a.xlargec5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlarge
Generationsc5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlarge
Variantsc6g.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6in.2xlargec5.2xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5d.2xlarge, c5n.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps800 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps100 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS3200 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.2xlarge
c5ad.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1870n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1870n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30600.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.3888n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.3996n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4716n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.30600.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.32830.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.33480.4120
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.34920.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.35280.4520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.36360.4680
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.38160.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.3852n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.3440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.30600.3440
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.3440
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