c6a.4xlarge vs c8i-flex.4xlarge

Instance Typec6a.4xlargec8i-flex.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB32 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.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlargec7i-flex.4xlarge, c8i-flex.4xlarge
Variantsc6g.4xlarge, c6gd.4xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6in.4xlargec8a.4xlarge, c8g.4xlarge, c8gb.4xlarge, c8gd.4xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8ib.4xlarge, c8id.4xlarge, c8in.4xlarge, c8ine.4xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.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 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.4xlarge
c8i-flex.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.37400.7122
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.6980
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.37400.7122
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61200.7122
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.77760.8462
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.79920.8462
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.94320.8882
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.8966
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.9301
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.9552
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.9766
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.0977
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.61200.7122
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.65660.7122
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.66960.7641
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.69840.7642
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.70560.7792
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.72720.8044
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.76320.8127
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.77040.8212
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.6120n/a
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