c6in.4xlarge vs im4gn.4xlarge

Instance Typec6in.4xlargeim4gn.4xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedStorage 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
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6in.12xlarge, c6in.16xlarge, c6in.24xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.32xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c6in.8xlarge, c6in.large, c6in.metal, c6in.xlargeim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge
Generationsc6in.4xlarge, c8in.4xlarge
Variantsc6a.4xlarge, c6g.4xlarge, c6gd.4xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6id.4xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 7500 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBps9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1562.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance50000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance100000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 50000 Megabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.55x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6in.4xlarge
im4gn.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.9064n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.8854n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.8854n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.90721.6044
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.02481.7443
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.02481.7443
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.0282n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.0332n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.0416n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.0416n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.0752n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.0752n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.0761n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.0836n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.90721.6044
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.0920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.0920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.1256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.1264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.1340n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.1384n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.1416n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)1.1424n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)1.1840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)1.1844n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.90721.6044
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)1.2012n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)1.2197n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)1.3944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.90721.6520
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.95261.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.97441.6884
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.99121.6884
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.99121.7070
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.02401.7350
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.4552
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a1.4552
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.4552
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