c9g.xlarge vs c7a.xlarge

Instance Typec9g.xlargec7a.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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton 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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 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
Sizesc9g.12xlarge, c9g.16xlarge, c9g.24xlarge, c9g.2xlarge, c9g.48xlarge, c9g.4xlarge, c9g.8xlarge, c9g.large, c9g.medium, c9g.metal-48xl, c9g.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
Generationsc6g.xlarge, c7g.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c9g.xlargec5a.xlarge, c6a.xlarge, c7a.xlarge, c8a.xlarge
Variantsc9gd.xlargec7g.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c7i-flex.xlarge, c7i.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput187.5 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 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 Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c9g.xlarge
c7a.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.19770.2198
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.21810.2202
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.2202
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.2343
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.2367
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.2439
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.2584
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.17330.2053
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17390.2053
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.17390.2053
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