c5ad.8xlarge vs c8i.8xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.8xlargec8i.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.9 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.xlargec8i.12xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8i.24xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8i.32xlarge, c8i.48xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8i.96xlarge, c8i.large, c8i.metal-48xl, c8i.metal-96xl, c8i.xlarge
Generationsc6i.8xlarge, c7i.8xlarge, c8i.8xlarge
Variantsc5a.8xlargec8a.8xlarge, c8g.8xlarge, c8gb.8xlarge, c8gd.8xlarge, c8gn.8xlarge, c8i-flex.8xlarge, c8ib.8xlarge, c8id.8xlarge, c8in.8xlarge, c8ine.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3170 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance13300 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 Gigabit15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces810
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.8xlarge
c8i.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a1.4994
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a1.4694
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a1.4994
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.56801.4994
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.7288
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.7816
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.7816
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.8698
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.8875
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.9581
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.0110
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.0560
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.3109
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.60001.4994
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.61601.4994
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.64801.6053
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.72801.6086
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.80801.6088
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.87201.6405
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.14401.6934
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.7110
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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