c7a.xlarge vs c8in.xlarge

Instance Typec7a.xlargec8in.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
7 – Generation
a – AMD 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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7a.12xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c7a.24xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c7a.32xlarge, c7a.48xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c7a.large, c7a.medium, c7a.metal-48xl, c7a.xlargec8in.12xlarge, c8in.16xlarge, c8in.24xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8in.32xlarge, c8in.48xlarge, c8in.4xlarge, c8in.8xlarge, c8in.96xlarge, c8in.large, c8in.metal-48xl, c8in.metal-96xl, c8in.xlarge
Generationsc5a.xlarge, c6a.xlarge, c7a.xlarge, c8a.xlargec6in.xlarge, c8in.xlarge
Variantsc7g.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c7i-flex.xlarge, c7i.xlargec8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gb.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8i.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8ine.xlarge
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 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 30 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.33x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c7a.xlarge
c8in.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.21980.2812
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.22020.3072
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.22020.3074
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23430.3100
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.23670.3125
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.24390.3427
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.25600.3553
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.2584n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20530.2722
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20530.2722
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.20530.2722
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