m5.16xlarge vs c5d.18xlarge

Instance Typem5.16xlargec5d.18xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
16xlarge – 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
d – Instance store volume
18xlarge – Size
vCPUs6472
Memory256 GiB144 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5.12xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m5.24xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.large, m5.metal, m5.xlargec5d.12xlarge, c5d.18xlarge, c5d.24xlarge, c5d.2xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5d.9xlarge, c5d.large, c5d.metal, c5d.xlarge
Generationsm4.16xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge
Variantsm5a.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlargec5.18xlarge, c5n.18xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.16xlargeml.c5d.18xlarge
RDSdb.m5.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
EC2 Compute Units256281
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps9000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth13600 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1700 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth13600 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1700 Mbps2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m5.16xlarge
c5d.18xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.23203.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.58404.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.58404.1040
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.59504.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.68004.1400
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.76604.1400
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.76604.1760
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.77604.1760
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.84004.3160
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.84004.3160
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.84004.3200
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.23203.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.84004.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.87204.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.87204.3960
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.96804.4280
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.96804.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)4.04804.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)4.06404.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)4.22405.3640
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)4.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.26403.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.42403.8160
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.42403.9240
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.42403.9240
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.42403.9600
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.55203.9960
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.58404.0320
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.07203.4560
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.07203.4560
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.07203.4560
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