c7i-flex.16xlarge vs c8gn.16xlarge

Instance Typec7i-flex.16xlargec8gn.16xlarge
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
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
16xlarge – 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7i-flex.12xlarge, c7i-flex.16xlarge, c7i-flex.2xlarge, c7i-flex.4xlarge, c7i-flex.8xlarge, c7i-flex.large, c7i-flex.xlargec8gn.12xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge, c8gn.24xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8gn.48xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge, c8gn.8xlarge, c8gn.large, c8gn.medium, c8gn.metal-24xl, c8gn.metal-48xl, c8gn.xlarge
Generationsc7i-flex.16xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlargec6gn.16xlarge, c7gn.16xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge
Variantsc7a.16xlarge, c7g.16xlarge, c7gd.16xlarge, c7gn.16xlarge, c7i.16xlargec8a.16xlarge, c8g.16xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8ib.16xlarge, c8id.16xlarge, c8in.16xlarge
ElastiCachecache.c8gn.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 20000 MBps40000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25000 Megabit200 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.41x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c7i-flex.16xlarge
c8gn.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a3.7888
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)2.65913.7011
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.7132n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)2.65913.7011
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.71323.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.06434.2835
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.07394.3187
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.09624.3539
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.12804.3539
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.12884.4941
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.22394.5293
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.22394.5645
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.22404.5645
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.25604.7085
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.26054.7398
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.71323.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.38354.7584
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.40614.7750
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.41544.9491
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.44744.9510
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.54315.0208
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.63875.0982
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.72035.8285
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)4.1815n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.71323.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.71333.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.84884.0730
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.90474.1434
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.91044.1434
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.91114.2803
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.96864.2835
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