c9g.8xlarge vs c5ad.8xlarge

Instance Typec9g.8xlargec5ad.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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
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
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc9g.12xlarge, c9g.16xlarge, c9g.24xlarge, c9g.2xlarge, c9g.48xlarge, c9g.4xlarge, c9g.8xlarge, c9g.large, c9g.medium, c9g.metal-48xl, c9g.xlargec5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlarge
Generationsc6g.8xlarge, c7g.8xlarge, c8g.8xlarge, c9g.8xlarge
Variantsc9gd.8xlargec5a.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput12000 MBps3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1500 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance48000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance17 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces108
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.15x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c9g.8xlarge
c5ad.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.58181.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.7280
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.1440
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.38621.3760
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.39101.3760
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.39101.3760
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