m5a.xlarge vs c8gb.xlarge

Instance Typem5a.xlargec8gb.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

cCompute optimized
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargec8gb.12xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gb.24xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gb.48xlarge, c8gb.4xlarge, c8gb.8xlarge, c8gb.large, c8gb.medium, c8gb.metal-24xl, c8gb.metal-48xl, c8gb.xlarge
Generationsm5a.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlarge
Variantsm5.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlargec8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8i.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8in.xlarge, c8ine.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1085 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput135.625 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 26.667 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.xlarge
c8gb.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1110n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.1720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.2000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.2020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.2020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.2020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.2080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2120n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1720n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17200.2370
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.2370
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