c9gd.2xlarge vs c7a.2xlarge

Instance Typec9gd.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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
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 Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc9gd.12xlarge, c9gd.16xlarge, c9gd.24xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge, c9gd.48xlarge, c9gd.4xlarge, c9gd.8xlarge, c9gd.large, c9gd.medium, c9gd.metal-48xl, c9gd.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
Generationsc6gd.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c9gd.2xlargec5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlarge
Variantsc9g.2xlargec7g.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c7i-flex.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 474 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput375 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 17 GigabitUp 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 Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c9gd.2xlarge
c7a.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.49400.4395
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.4404
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.4405
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.4685
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.4734
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.4878
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.5120
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.5168
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.42720.4106
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.42720.4106
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.42720.4106
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