c6i.12xlarge vs c8i-flex.12xlarge

Instance Typec6i.12xlargec8i-flex.12xlarge
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
i – Intel processor
12xlarge – 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
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory96 GiB96 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6i.12xlarge, c6i.16xlarge, c6i.24xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6i.32xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6i.8xlarge, c6i.large, c6i.metal, c6i.xlargec8i-flex.12xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i-flex.4xlarge, c8i-flex.8xlarge, c8i-flex.large, c8i-flex.xlarge
Generationsc6i.12xlarge, c7i.12xlarge, c8i.12xlargec7i-flex.12xlarge, c8i-flex.12xlarge
Variantsc6a.12xlarge, c6g.12xlarge, c6gd.12xlarge, c6gn.12xlarge, c6id.12xlarge, c6in.12xlargec8a.12xlarge, c8g.12xlarge, c8gb.12xlarge, c8gd.12xlarge, c8gn.12xlarge, c8i.12xlarge, c8ib.12xlarge, c8id.12xlarge, c8in.12xlarge, c8ine.12xlarge
SageMakerml.c6i.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBpsup to 15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps7500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps937.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 MegabitUp to 22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces812
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6i.12xlarge
c8i-flex.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a2.1365
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)1.99922.0940
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.04002.1365
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)1.9992n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.04002.1365
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.29822.5387
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.30402.5387
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.31122.6645
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.32802.6897
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.35202.7902
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.42402.8656
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.42402.9297
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.42403.2930
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)2.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)2.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.04002.1365
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)2.5344n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)2.5440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)2.5680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)2.5680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)2.5920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)2.6640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)2.7360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)2.7972n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)3.1440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.04002.1365
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.04002.2922
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.14202.2925
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.18402.3376
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.18882.4132
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.23202.4382
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.23202.4636
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