c6gn.xlarge vs c8gn.xlarge

Instance Typec6gn.xlargec8gn.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
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6gn.12xlarge, c6gn.16xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6gn.8xlarge, c6gn.large, c6gn.medium, c6gn.metal, c6gn.xlargec8gn.12xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge, c8gn.24xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8gn.48xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge, c8gn.8xlarge, c8gn.large, c8gn.medium, c8gn.metal-24xl, c8gn.metal-48xl, c8gn.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c8gn.xlargec6gn.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge
Variantsc6a.xlarge, c6g.xlarge, c6gd.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c6id.xlarge, c6in.xlargec8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gb.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8i.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8in.xlarge, c8ine.xlarge
SageMakerml.c6gn.xlarge
ElastiCachecache.c8gn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 9500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.88 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 40 Gigabit
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 Diff1.00x1.37x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6gn.xlarge
c8gn.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.2368
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.16830.2313
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.16830.2313
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17280.2370
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.19620.2677
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.19720.2699
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.19800.2721
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.19840.2721
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.20500.2809
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.20500.2809
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.20500.2831
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.20640.2853
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.20800.2853
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.20800.2943
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17280.2370
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.21440.2962
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.21600.2974
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.21800.2984
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.21840.3093
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.22600.3094
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.22900.3138
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.23730.3186
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.26600.3643
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.17300.2370
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.18140.2370
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.18600.2546
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.18920.2590
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.18920.2590
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.19500.2675
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.19520.2677
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.1728n/a
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