c8i-flex.8xlarge vs c7a.8xlarge

Instance Typec8i-flex.8xlargec7a.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory64 GiB64 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.8xlarge, c8i-flex.8xlargec5a.8xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c8a.8xlarge
Variantsc8a.8xlarge, c8g.8xlarge, c8gb.8xlarge, c8gd.8xlarge, c8gn.8xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8ib.8xlarge, c8id.8xlarge, c8in.8xlarge, c8ine.8xlargec7g.8xlarge, c7gd.8xlarge, c7gn.8xlarge, c7i-flex.8xlarge, c7i.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 Megabit12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces108
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
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.8xlarge
c7a.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.4243n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)1.3960n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.4243n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.42431.7581
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.6925n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.6925n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.7763n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.7931n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.8602n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.9104n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.9531n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.1954n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.42431.7616
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.42431.7619
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.52821.8741
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.52831.8934
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.55841.9514
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.60882.0478
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.62542.0672
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.6424n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.6422
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a1.6422
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.6422
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