c6a.16xlarge vs c8i-flex.16xlarge

Instance Typec6a.16xlargec8i-flex.16xlarge
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
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6a.12xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c6a.32xlarge, c6a.48xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c6a.large, c6a.metal, c6a.xlargec8i-flex.12xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i-flex.4xlarge, c8i-flex.8xlarge, c8i-flex.large, c8i-flex.xlarge
Generationsc5a.16xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c8a.16xlargec7i-flex.16xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge
Variantsc6g.16xlarge, c6gd.16xlarge, c6gn.16xlarge, c6i.16xlarge, c6id.16xlarge, c6in.16xlargec8a.16xlarge, c8g.16xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8ib.16xlarge, c8id.16xlarge, c8in.16xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13333 MBpsup to 20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 MegabitUp to 30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.16xlarge
c8i-flex.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.49602.8486
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a2.7920
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.49602.8486
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.44802.8486
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.11043.3850
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.19683.3850
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.77283.5526
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a3.5862
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a3.7203
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a3.8208
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.9062
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a4.3907
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.44802.8486
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.62662.8486
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.67843.0563
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.79363.0566
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.82243.1168
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.90883.2176
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.05283.2509
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.08163.2848
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.4480n/a
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