c5ad.4xlarge vs c6in.4xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.4xlargec6in.4xlarge
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
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
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.5 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.xlargec6in.12xlarge, c6in.16xlarge, c6in.24xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.32xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c6in.8xlarge, c6in.large, c6in.metal, c6in.xlarge
Generationsc6in.4xlarge, c8in.4xlarge
Variantsc5.4xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlargec6a.4xlarge, c6g.4xlarge, c6gd.4xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6id.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps12500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps1562.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6600 IOPS50000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 50000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.28x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.4xlarge
c6in.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.9064
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.8854
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.8854
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.78400.9072
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.0248
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.0248
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.0282
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.0332
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.0416
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.0416
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.0752
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.0752
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.0761
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.0836
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.80000.9072
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.0920
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.0920
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.1256
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.1264
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.1340
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a1.1384
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a1.1416
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a1.1424
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a1.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a1.1844
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.80800.9072
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a1.2012
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a1.2197
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a1.3944
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.82400.9072
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.86400.9526
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.90400.9744
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.93600.9912
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.07200.9912
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.0240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.6880n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.6880n/a
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.6880n/a
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