c8gb.xlarge vs m5zn.xlarge

Instance Typec8gb.xlargem5zn.xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsHigh-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
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed2.8 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8gb.12xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gb.24xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gb.48xlarge, c8gb.4xlarge, c8gb.8xlarge, c8gb.large, c8gb.medium, c8gb.metal-24xl, c8gb.metal-48xl, c8gb.xlargem5zn.12xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge, m5zn.3xlarge, m5zn.6xlarge, m5zn.large, m5zn.metal, m5zn.xlarge
Variantsc8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8i.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8in.xlarge, c8ine.xlargem5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6250 Mbps1564 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput781.25 Mbps195.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS6667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 26.667 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.66x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c8gb.xlarge
m5zn.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.3682
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.3854
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.3957
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.4060
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.4130
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.4130
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.4267
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.5265
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.3303
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.23700.3303
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.23700.3303
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