c6a.xlarge vs c6i.xlarge

Instance Typec6a.xlargec6i.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 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.xlarge, c6a.xlarge, c7a.xlarge, c8a.xlargec6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge
Variantsc6g.xlarge, c6gd.xlarge, c6gn.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c6id.xlarge, c6in.xlargec6a.xlarge, c6g.xlarge, c6gd.xlarge, c6gn.xlarge, c6id.xlarge, c6in.xlarge
SageMakerml.c6a.xlargeml.c6i.xlarge
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 Bandwidth1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 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 Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
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.xlarge
c6i.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0935n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.1666
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.09350.1700
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.1666
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.15300.1700
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.19440.1915
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.19980.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.23580.1926
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.1940
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.1960
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2040
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2040
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.15300.1700
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2112
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2120
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2280
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2331
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.2620
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.16420.1700
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.16740.1700
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.17460.1785
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.17640.1820
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.18180.1824
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.19080.1860
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.19260.1860
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.1530n/a
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