c7a.xlarge vs c9gd.xlarge

Instance Typec7a.xlargec9gd.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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core11
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.xlargec9gd.12xlarge, c9gd.16xlarge, c9gd.24xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge, c9gd.48xlarge, c9gd.4xlarge, c9gd.8xlarge, c9gd.large, c9gd.medium, c9gd.metal-48xl, c9gd.xlarge
Generationsc5a.xlarge, c6a.xlarge, c7a.xlarge, c8a.xlargec6gd.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge, c9gd.xlarge
Variantsc7g.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c7i-flex.xlarge, c7i.xlargec9g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 237 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 12000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15 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 Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c7a.xlarge
c9gd.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.21980.2470
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.22020.2714
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.2202n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.2343n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.2367n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.2439n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.2560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.2584n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20530.2136
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20530.2136
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.20530.2136
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