c7gn.xlarge vs is4gen.xlarge

Instance Typec7gn.xlargeis4gen.xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedStorage 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

is – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to six ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB24 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.6 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7gn.12xlarge, c7gn.16xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c7gn.4xlarge, c7gn.8xlarge, c7gn.large, c7gn.medium, c7gn.metal, c7gn.xlargeis4gen.2xlarge, is4gen.4xlarge, is4gen.8xlarge, is4gen.large, is4gen.medium, is4gen.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge
Variantsc7a.xlarge, c7g.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c7i-flex.xlarge, c7i.xlarge
ElastiCachecache.c7gn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 3750 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2083 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput260.375 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 40 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.36x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c7gn.xlarge
is4gen.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.28200.6375
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.29600.6375
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.31480.6550
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.6707
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.6707
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.6783
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.6885
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.6911
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.6911
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.24960.5763
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.24960.5763
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.24960.5763
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