c8a.16xlarge vs c9gd.16xlarge

Instance Typec8a.16xlargec9gd.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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8a.12xlarge, c8a.16xlarge, c8a.24xlarge, c8a.2xlarge, c8a.48xlarge, c8a.4xlarge, c8a.8xlarge, c8a.large, c8a.medium, c8a.metal-24xl, c8a.metal-48xl, c8a.xlargec9gd.12xlarge, c9gd.16xlarge, c9gd.24xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge, c9gd.48xlarge, c9gd.4xlarge, c9gd.8xlarge, c9gd.large, c9gd.medium, c9gd.metal-48xl, c9gd.xlarge
Generationsc5a.16xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c8a.16xlargec6gd.16xlarge, c7gd.16xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c9gd.16xlarge
Variantsc8g.16xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8ib.16xlarge, c8id.16xlarge, c8in.16xlargec9g.16xlarge
SageMakerml.c8a.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 3800 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps24000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps24000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps3000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS96000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS96000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps24000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps3000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance30000 Megabit34 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1616
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8a.16xlarge
c9gd.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a3.3888
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.69953.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.70023.9162
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.93573.9520
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.34113.9866
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a4.3430
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.44863.4176
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.44863.4176
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.4486n/a
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