c5ad.xlarge vs m6idn.xlarge

Instance Typec5ad.xlargem6idn.xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

cCompute optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB16 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.xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6idn.32xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6idn.large, m6idn.metal, m6idn.xlarge
Generationsm6idn.xlarge, m8idn.xlarge
Variantsc5.xlarge, c5a.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, c5n.xlargem6a.xlarge, m6g.xlarge, m6gd.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6in.xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD1 x 237 NVMe SSD
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 Diff1.00x1.77x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c5ad.xlarge
m6idn.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.19600.3320
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.3908
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.4001
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.4025
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.4095
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.4131
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.20000.3393
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.20200.3484
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20600.3484
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21600.3557
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.22600.3620
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.23400.3669
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.26800.3791
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.3861
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.17200.3182
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17200.3182
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.17200.3182
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