c6a.4xlarge vs c6i.4xlarge

Instance Typec6a.4xlargec6i.4xlarge
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
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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.5 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.xlargec6i.12xlarge, c6i.16xlarge, c6i.24xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6i.32xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6i.8xlarge, c6i.large, c6i.metal, c6i.xlarge
Generationsc5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlargec6i.4xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c8i.4xlarge
Variantsc6g.4xlarge, c6gd.4xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6in.4xlargec6a.4xlarge, c6g.4xlarge, c6gd.4xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6in.4xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.4xlargeml.c6i.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.17x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.4xlarge
c6i.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3740n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.6664
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.37400.6800
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.6664
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61200.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.77760.7661
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.79920.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.94320.7704
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.8160
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.8160
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.61200.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.8448
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.8560
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.8560
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.8880
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.9120
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.9324
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a1.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.65660.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.66960.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.69840.7140
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.70560.7280
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.72720.7296
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.76320.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.77040.7440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.6120n/a
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