c8a.12xlarge vs c6id.12xlarge

Instance Typec8a.12xlargec6id.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
8 – Generation
a – AMD 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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory96 GiB96 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.xlargec6id.12xlarge, c6id.16xlarge, c6id.24xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6id.32xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6id.8xlarge, c6id.large, c6id.metal, c6id.xlarge
Generationsc5a.12xlarge, c6a.12xlarge, c7a.12xlarge, c8a.12xlargec6id.12xlarge, c8id.12xlarge
Variantsc8g.12xlarge, c8gb.12xlarge, c8gd.12xlarge, c8gn.12xlarge, c8i-flex.12xlarge, c8i.12xlarge, c8ib.12xlarge, c8id.12xlarge, c8in.12xlarge, c8ine.12xlargec6a.12xlarge, c6g.12xlarge, c6gd.12xlarge, c6gn.12xlarge, c6i.12xlarge, c6in.12xlarge
SageMakerml.c6id.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1425 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance22500 Megabit18750 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces128
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6430
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6430
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8a.12xlarge
c6id.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a2.3990
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a2.3990
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.77462.4192
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.8224
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.8728
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.8841
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.9232
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.0744
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a3.1752
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.3341
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a3.7548
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.77512.4192
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.95182.5402
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.25582.6712
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a2.6712
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.7468
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.7670
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.7720
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.7972
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.5865n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.58652.4192
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.5865n/a
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