c9g.12xlarge vs c8a.12xlarge

Instance Typec9g.12xlargec8a.12xlarge
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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
12xlarge – 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
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory96 GiB96 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc9g.12xlarge, c9g.16xlarge, c9g.24xlarge, c9g.2xlarge, c9g.48xlarge, c9g.4xlarge, c9g.8xlarge, c9g.large, c9g.medium, c9g.metal-48xl, c9g.xlargec8a.12xlarge, c8a.16xlarge, c8a.24xlarge, c8a.2xlarge, c8a.48xlarge, c8a.4xlarge, c8a.8xlarge, c8a.large, c8a.medium, c8a.metal-24xl, c8a.metal-48xl, c8a.xlarge
Generationsc6g.12xlarge, c7g.12xlarge, c8g.12xlarge, c9g.12xlargec5a.12xlarge, c6a.12xlarge, c7a.12xlarge, c8a.12xlarge
Variantsc9gd.12xlargec8g.12xlarge, c8gb.12xlarge, c8gd.12xlarge, c8gn.12xlarge, c8i-flex.12xlarge, c8i.12xlarge, c8ib.12xlarge, c8id.12xlarge, c8in.12xlarge, c8ine.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth18000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2250 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance72000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance72000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth18000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2250 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1212
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.24x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
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Geography
Region
c9g.12xlarge
c8a.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)2.0371n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.08662.7746
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.34822.7751
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.37262.9518
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.39713.2558
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.6174n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.07942.5865
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.08662.5865
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.5865
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