c8i-flex.12xlarge vs c9gd.12xlarge

Instance Typec8i-flex.12xlargec9gd.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory96 GiB96 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)AWS Graviton5 Processor
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8i-flex.12xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i-flex.4xlarge, c8i-flex.8xlarge, c8i-flex.large, c8i-flex.xlargec9gd.12xlarge, c9gd.16xlarge, c9gd.24xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge, c9gd.48xlarge, c9gd.4xlarge, c9gd.8xlarge, c9gd.large, c9gd.medium, c9gd.metal-48xl, c9gd.xlarge
Generationsc7i-flex.12xlarge, c8i-flex.12xlargec6gd.12xlarge, c7gd.12xlarge, c8gd.12xlarge, c9gd.12xlarge
Variantsc8a.12xlarge, c8g.12xlarge, c8gb.12xlarge, c8gd.12xlarge, c8gn.12xlarge, c8i.12xlarge, c8ib.12xlarge, c8id.12xlarge, c8in.12xlarge, c8ine.12xlargec9g.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only3 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 15000 MBps18000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth7500 Mbps18000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput937.5 Mbps2250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS72000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS72000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps18000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps2250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 22500 Megabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1212
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.13x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8i-flex.12xlarge
c9gd.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)2.1365n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)2.0940n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.1365n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.13652.9640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.5387n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.5387n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.6645n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.6897n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.7902n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.8656n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.9297n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.2930n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.13653.2573
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.1365n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.2922n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.2925n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.3376n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.4132n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.4382n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.4636n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.5632
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a2.5632
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.5632
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