c5ad.4xlarge vs r5ad.4xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.4xlarger5ad.4xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory 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 databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.2 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.xlarger5ad.12xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5ad.24xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5ad.large, r5ad.xlarge
Variantsc5.4xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlarger5.4xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5d.4xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5n.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSD2 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps360 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6600 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.45x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.4xlarge
r5ad.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a0.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.78401.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.80001.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.80801.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.82401.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.86401.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.90401.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.93601.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.07201.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.2640
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.68801.0480
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.68801.0480
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.6880n/a
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