c8a.2xlarge vs c6id.2xlarge

Instance Typec8a.2xlargec6id.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB16 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.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlargec6id.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge
Variantsc8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlargec6a.2xlarge, c6g.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c6id.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface4015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8a.2xlarge
c6id.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.3998
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.3998
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.46240.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.4704
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.4788
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.4807
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.4830
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.4830
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.4872
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.5124
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.5292
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.5557
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.6258
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46250.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.49200.4234
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.54260.4452
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.4452
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.4578
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.4612
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.4620
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.4662
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.4311n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.43110.4032
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.4311n/a
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