m6a.4xlarge vs c7i-flex.4xlarge

Instance Typem6a.4xlargec7i-flex.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – 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
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6a.12xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m6a.32xlarge, m6a.48xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m6a.large, m6a.metal, m6a.xlargec7i-flex.12xlarge, c7i-flex.16xlarge, c7i-flex.2xlarge, c7i-flex.4xlarge, c7i-flex.8xlarge, c7i-flex.large, c7i-flex.xlarge
Generationsm5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlargec7i-flex.4xlarge, c8i-flex.4xlarge
Variantsm6g.4xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6id.4xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6in.4xlargec7a.4xlarge, c7g.4xlarge, c7gd.4xlarge, c7gn.4xlarge, c7i.4xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
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
m6a.4xlarge
c7i-flex.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.4444n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.6648
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.44440.6783
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.6648
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.69120.6783
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.86400.7661
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.86400.7685
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.89280.7741
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.10160.7820
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.7822
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.8060
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.8060
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.8060
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.8140
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.8151
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.69120.6783
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.8459
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.8515
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.8539
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.8618
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.8858
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.9097
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.9301
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a1.0454
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.77040.6783
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.77040.6783
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.79920.7122
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.80640.7262
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.80640.7276
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.80640.7278
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.82800.7421
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.6912n/a
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