c5ad.xlarge vs c6in.xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.xlargec6in.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 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.xlarge, c8in.xlarge
Variantsc5.xlarge, c5a.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, c5n.xlargec6a.xlarge, c6g.xlarge, c6gd.xlarge, c6gn.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c6id.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth400 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput50 Mbps390.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance1600 IOPS12500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.28x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5ad.xlarge
c6in.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.2266
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.2213
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.2213
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.19600.2268
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.2562
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.2562
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.2570
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.2583
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.2604
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.2604
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.2688
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2688
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2690
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2709
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.20000.2268
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2730
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2730
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2814
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2816
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2835
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2846
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2854
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2856
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.2961
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.20200.2268
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.3003
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.3049
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.3486
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20600.2268
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21600.2381
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.22600.2436
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.23400.2478
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.26800.2478
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.2560
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1720n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.1720n/a
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.1720n/a
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