c5ad.4xlarge vs x8g.4xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.4xlargex8g.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
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Variantsc5.4xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlargex8i.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6600 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
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 Diff1.00x2.15x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.4xlarge
x8g.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.78401.7797
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.80001.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.80801.8758
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.82402.1848
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.8640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.9040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.9360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.0720n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.68801.5632
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.68801.5632
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.68801.5632
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