c6a.8xlarge vs c8a.8xlarge

Instance Typec6a.8xlargec8a.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed3.6 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
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.xlargec8a.12xlarge, c8a.16xlarge, c8a.24xlarge, c8a.2xlarge, c8a.48xlarge, c8a.4xlarge, c8a.8xlarge, c8a.large, c8a.medium, c8a.metal-24xl, c8a.metal-48xl, c8a.xlarge
Generationsc5a.8xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c8a.8xlargec5a.8xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c8a.8xlarge
Variantsc6g.8xlarge, c6gd.8xlarge, c6gn.8xlarge, c6i.8xlarge, c6id.8xlarge, c6in.8xlargec8g.8xlarge, c8gb.8xlarge, c8gd.8xlarge, c8gn.8xlarge, c8i-flex.8xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8ib.8xlarge, c8id.8xlarge, c8in.8xlarge, c8ine.8xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6667 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 Megabit15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces810
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3040
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3040
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.38x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.8xlarge
c8a.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.7480n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.7480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.22401.8498
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.5552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.5984n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.8864n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.22401.8501
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.31331.9678
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.33922.1706
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.3968n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.4112n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.4544n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.5264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.5408n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.7243
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.22401.7243
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.7243
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