c6i.16xlarge vs c8i.16xlarge

Instance Typec6i.16xlargec8i.16xlarge
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
16xlarge – 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
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB128 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.12xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8i.24xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8i.32xlarge, c8i.48xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8i.96xlarge, c8i.large, c8i.metal-48xl, c8i.metal-96xl, c8i.xlarge
Generationsc6i.16xlarge, c7i.16xlarge, c8i.16xlargec6i.16xlarge, c7i.16xlarge, c8i.16xlarge
Variantsc6a.16xlarge, c6g.16xlarge, c6gd.16xlarge, c6gn.16xlarge, c6id.16xlarge, c6in.16xlargec8a.16xlarge, c8g.16xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge, c8ib.16xlarge, c8id.16xlarge, c8in.16xlarge
SageMakerml.c6i.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6i.16xlarge
c8i.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a2.9987
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)2.66562.9389
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.72002.9987
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)2.6656n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.72002.9987
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.06433.4576
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.07203.5632
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.08163.5632
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.10403.7395
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.13603.7750
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.23203.9162
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.23204.0221
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.23204.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.26404.6218
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.2640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.72002.9987
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.3792n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.3920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.5520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.6480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)3.7296n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)4.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.72002.9987
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.72003.2106
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.85603.2173
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.91203.2176
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.91843.2810
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.97603.3869
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.97603.4221
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