m6a.4xlarge vs c7i.4xlarge

Instance Typem6a.4xlargec7i.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
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.12xlarge, c7i.16xlarge, c7i.24xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c7i.48xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c7i.8xlarge, c7i.large, c7i.metal-24xl, c7i.metal-48xl, c7i.xlarge
Generationsm5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlargec6i.4xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c8i.4xlarge
Variantsm6g.4xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6id.4xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6in.4xlargec7a.4xlarge, c7g.4xlarge, c7gd.4xlarge, c7gn.4xlarge, c7i-flex.4xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.4xlargeml.c7i.4xlarge
OpenSearchc7i.4xlarge.search
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 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 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 Diff1.00x1.08x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.4xlarge
c7i.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.4444n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.6998
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.44440.7140
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.6998
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.69120.7140
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.86400.7812
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.86400.8044
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.89280.8064
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.10160.8090
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.8148
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.8232
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.8232
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.8484
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.8484
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.8484
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.69120.7140
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.8568
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.8568
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.8580
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.8904
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.8963
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.8988
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.8988
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.9072
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.9324
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.9324
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.77040.7140
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.9576
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.9790
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a1.1004
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.77040.7140
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.79920.7497
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.80640.7644
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.80640.7660
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.80640.7661
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.82800.7812
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.6912n/a
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