c5ad.large vs c7a.large

Instance Typec5ad.largec7a.large
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
large – 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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB4 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.7 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.xlargec7a.12xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c7a.24xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c7a.32xlarge, c7a.48xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c7a.large, c7a.medium, c7a.metal-48xl, c7a.xlarge
Generationsc5a.large, c6a.large, c7a.large, c8a.large
Variantsc5.large, c5a.large, c5d.large, c5n.largec7g.large, c7gd.large, c7gn.large, c7i-flex.large, c7i.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth200 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance800 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.large
c7a.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.09800.1099
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.10000.1101
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.10100.1101
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10300.1171
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10800.1183
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.11300.1220
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.11700.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.13400.1292
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.08600.1026
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08600.1026
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.08600.1026
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