c5ad.8xlarge vs c6in.8xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.8xlargec6in.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory64 GiB64 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.8xlarge, c8in.8xlarge
Variantsc5a.8xlargec6a.8xlarge, c6g.8xlarge, c6gd.8xlarge, c6gn.8xlarge, c6i.8xlarge, c6id.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3170 MBps25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3170 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput396.25 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance13300 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 Gigabit50000 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 Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.28x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.8xlarge
c6in.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a1.8128
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a1.7707
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a1.7707
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.56801.8144
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.0496
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.0496
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.0563
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.0664
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.0832
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.0832
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.1504
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.1504
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.1522
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a2.1672
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.60001.8144
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a2.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a2.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a2.2512
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a2.2528
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a2.2680
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a2.2768
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a2.2832
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a2.2848
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a2.3680
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a2.3688
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.61601.8144
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a2.4024
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a2.4394
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a2.7888
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.64801.8144
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.72801.9051
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.80801.9488
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.87201.9824
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.14401.9824
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.0480
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.3760n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.3760n/a
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.3760n/a
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