c8a.metal-24xl vs c6i.metal

Instance Typec8a.metal-24xlc6i.metal
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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
metal-24xl – Bare metal
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
metal – Bare metal
vCPUs96128
Memory192 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8a.12xlarge, c8a.16xlarge, c8a.24xlarge, c8a.2xlarge, c8a.48xlarge, c8a.4xlarge, c8a.8xlarge, c8a.large, c8a.medium, c8a.metal-24xl, c8a.metal-48xl, c8a.xlargec6i.12xlarge, c6i.16xlarge, c6i.24xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6i.32xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6i.8xlarge, c6i.large, c6i.metal, c6i.xlarge
Variantsc8g.metal-24xl, c8gb.metal-24xl, c8gd.metal-24xl, c8gn.metal-24xlc6a.metal, c6g.metal, c6gd.metal, c6gn.metal, c6id.metal, c6in.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput30000 MBps40000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth30000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput3750 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance120000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth30000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3750 Mbps5000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance40000 Megabit50000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1615
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8a.metal-24xl
c6i.metal
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a5.3312
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a5.4400
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a5.3312
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)5.54935.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a6.1286
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a6.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a6.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a6.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a6.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a6.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a6.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a6.5280
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a6.5280
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a6.7584
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)5.55025.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a6.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a6.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a6.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a6.9120
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a7.1040
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a7.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a8.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)5.90355.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)6.51175.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a5.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a5.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a5.8368
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a5.9520
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a5.9520
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)5.1730n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)5.1730n/a
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)5.1730n/a
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