c9g.2xlarge vs c5ad.2xlarge

Instance Typec9g.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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton 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 Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc9g.12xlarge, c9g.16xlarge, c9g.24xlarge, c9g.2xlarge, c9g.48xlarge, c9g.4xlarge, c9g.8xlarge, c9g.large, c9g.medium, c9g.metal-48xl, c9g.xlargec5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlarge
Generationsc6g.2xlarge, c7g.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c9g.2xlarge
Variantsc9gd.2xlargec5.2xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5d.2xlarge, c5n.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3000 Mbps800 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput375 Mbps100 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS3200 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 17 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.15x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c9g.2xlarge
c5ad.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.39540.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.4120
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.4520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.4680
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.5360
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.34660.3440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34780.3440
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.34780.3440
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