c5ad.4xlarge vs c6id.4xlarge
| c5ad.4xlarge | c6id.4xlarge |
| Compute optimized | Compute optimized |
| 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 4xlarge – 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 6 – Generation i – Intel processor d – Instance store volume 4xlarge – Size |
| 16 | 16 |
| 32 GiB | 32 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| AMD EPYC 7R32 | Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) |
| 3.3 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| c5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlarge | c6id.12xlarge, c6id.16xlarge, c6id.24xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6id.32xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6id.8xlarge, c6id.large, c6id.metal, c6id.xlarge |
| c6id.4xlarge, c8id.4xlarge | |
| c5.4xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlarge | c6a.4xlarge, c6g.4xlarge, c6gd.4xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6in.4xlarge |
| ml.c6id.4xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| 2 x 300 NVMe SSD | 1 x 950 NVMe SSD |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 3170 MBps | up to 10000 MBps |
| 1580 Mbps | 5000 Mbps |
| 197.5 Mbps | 625 Mbps |
| 6600 IOPS | 20000 IOPS |
| 13300 IOPS | 40000 IOPS |
| 3170 Mbps | 10000 Mbps |
| 396.25 Mbps | 1250 Mbps |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | Up to 12500 Megabit |
| yes | yes |
| 8 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 30 | 30 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.13x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c5ad.4xlarge | c6id.4xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5) | n/a | 0.7997 |
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7) | n/a | 0.7997 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.7840 | 0.8064 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.9408 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.9576 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.9614 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 0.9660 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 0.9660 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 0.9744 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 1.0248 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 1.0584 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 1.1114 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | n/a | 1.2516 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.8000 | 0.8064 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.8080 | 0.8467 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.8240 | 0.8904 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.8640 | 0.8904 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.9040 | 0.9156 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.9360 | 0.9223 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 1.0720 | 0.9240 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.9324 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.6880 | n/a |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.6880 | 0.8064 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.6880 | n/a |
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