r5ad.2xlarge vs c8in.2xlarge

Instance Typer5ad.2xlargec8in.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedCompute optimized
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – 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
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5ad.12xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5ad.24xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5ad.large, r5ad.xlargec8in.12xlarge, c8in.16xlarge, c8in.24xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8in.32xlarge, c8in.48xlarge, c8in.4xlarge, c8in.8xlarge, c8in.96xlarge, c8in.large, c8in.metal-48xl, c8in.metal-96xl, c8in.xlarge
Generationsc6in.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge
Variantsr5.2xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5n.2xlargec8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 40 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5ad.2xlarge
c8in.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.52400.5625
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.6360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.6360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.6360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.8320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.57600.6144
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.58400.6149
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.59200.6199
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.61200.6250
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.61600.6854
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.63200.7106
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.6320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.6320n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.52400.5443
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.52400.5443
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.5443
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