m5ad.4xlarge vs c5n.4xlarge

Instance Typem5ad.4xlargec5n.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – 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
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB42 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
Clock Speed2.2 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlargec5n.18xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.9xlarge, c5n.large, c5n.metal, c5n.xlarge
Generationsc5n.4xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c8in.4xlarge
Variantsm5.4xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlargec5.4xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge
SageMakerml.c5n.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units73
Instance Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput2120 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2880 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput360 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.07x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5ad.4xlarge
c5n.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.53700.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.82400.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.04001.0240
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.04801.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.07201.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.32001.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.0800
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.92000.9280
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.1620
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.3280
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.92000.9440
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.96000.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.96800.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.97600.9840
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.00000.9920
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.01600.9920
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.03201.0240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.82400.8640
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.82400.8640
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