c8i.xlarge vs c6in.xlarge

Instance Typec8i.xlargec6in.xlarge
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
i – Intel processor
xlarge – 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
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8i.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.xlargec6in.12xlarge, c6in.16xlarge, c6in.24xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.32xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c6in.8xlarge, c6in.large, c6in.metal, c6in.xlarge
Generationsc6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlargec6in.xlarge, c8in.xlarge
Variantsc8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gb.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8in.xlarge, c8ine.xlargec6a.xlarge, c6g.xlarge, c6gd.xlarge, c6gn.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c6id.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps390.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS12500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8i.xlarge
c6in.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.18740.2266
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.18370.2213
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1874n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.2213
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.18740.2268
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.21610.2562
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.22270.2562
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.22270.2570
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.23370.2583
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.23590.2604
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.24480.2604
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.25140.2688
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.25700.2688
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.28890.2690
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2709
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.18740.2268
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2730
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2730
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2814
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2816
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2835
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2846
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2854
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2856
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.2961
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.18740.2268
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.3003
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.3049
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.3486
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20070.2268
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.20110.2381
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.20110.2436
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.20510.2478
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.21170.2478
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.21390.2560
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