c6g.2xlarge vs r5a.2xlarge

Instance Typec6g.2xlarger5a.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6g.12xlarge, c6g.16xlarge, c6g.2xlarge, c6g.4xlarge, c6g.8xlarge, c6g.large, c6g.medium, c6g.metal, c6g.xlarger5a.12xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5a.large, r5a.xlarge
Generationsc6g.2xlarge, c7g.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c9g.2xlarger5a.2xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r8a.2xlarge
Variantsc6a.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6in.2xlarger5.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5n.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c6g.2xlarge
OpenSearchc6g.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.66x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6g.2xlarge
r5a.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1704n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.2666n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.17040.2860
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.26660.4520
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.29760.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.30640.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.30800.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.30820.5480
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.31040.5480
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.31360.7240
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3136n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.3232n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.3232n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.27200.4960
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.3240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.3264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.3264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.3392n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.3400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.3414n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.3424n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.3440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.3440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.3552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.27200.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.3552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.3648n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.3730n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.4192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.27200.5080
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.28560.5320
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.29180.5320
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.29180.5320
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.29200.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.29760.5440
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.4520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.4520
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