c8i-flex.2xlarge vs c7a.2xlarge

Instance Typec8i-flex.2xlargec7a.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
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8i-flex.12xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i-flex.4xlarge, c8i-flex.8xlarge, c8i-flex.large, c8i-flex.xlargec7a.12xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c7a.24xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c7a.32xlarge, c7a.48xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c7a.large, c7a.medium, c7a.metal-48xl, c7a.xlarge
Generationsc7i-flex.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlargec5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlarge
Variantsc8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlargec7g.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c7i-flex.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 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 Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8i-flex.2xlarge
c7a.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3561n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.3490n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3561n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.35610.4395
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.4231n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.4231n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4441n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4483n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4650n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4883n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.35610.4404
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.35610.4405
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.38200.4685
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.38210.4734
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.38960.4878
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.40220.5120
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.40640.5168
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4106n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.4106
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.4106
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.4106
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