c7a.xlarge vs x1e.xlarge

Instance Typec7a.xlargex1e.xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

cCompute optimized
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB122 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorHigh Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.7 GHz2.3 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.xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Generationsc5a.xlarge, c6a.xlarge, c7a.xlarge, c8a.xlarge
Variantsc7g.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c7i-flex.xlarge, c7i.xlarge
RDSdb.x1e.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units12
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 120 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS3700 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS3700 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces43
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1510
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1510
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x4.81x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c7a.xlarge
x1e.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.21980.8600
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.6260
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.22020.9170
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.22021.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23431.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.23671.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.24391.1670
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.25841.1900
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.2090
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20530.8340
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20530.8340
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.20530.8340
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