Compare C5 vs C5A

Compare all instances in the C5 and C5A AWS EC2 instance families, including pricing, configurations, and performance.
c5.12xlarge-vs-c5a.12xlarge

C5 Family

Machine Configuration (c5.12xlarge)

Region
Currency
Pricing
Monthly Cost

$1489.2000

Hourly Cost

$2.0400

Reserved - 1 year

$875.6667 ($1.1995 per hour)

Reserved - 3 year

$543.1389 ($0.7440 per hour)

Compute
Value
vCPUs
48
Memory (Gib)
96.00
Memory per vCPU (Gib)
2
Clock Speed (GHz)
3.6
CPU Architecture
x86_64
Networking
Value
Network Performance
12 Gigabit
IPv6
true
Storage
Value
Disk Space (GiB)
N/A
EBS Optimized
True
Max Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS
9500
Max Throughput (MB/s) on EBS
1187.50
Max I/O Operations/second (IOPS)
40000

C5A Family

Machine Configuration (c5a.12xlarge)

Region
Currency
Pricing
Monthly Cost

$1349.0400

Hourly Cost

$1.8480

Reserved - 1 year

$793.2500 ($1.0866 per hour)

Reserved - 3 year

$507.2500 ($0.6949 per hour)

Compute
Value
vCPUs
48
Memory (Gib)
96.00
Memory per vCPU (Gib)
2
Clock Speed (GHz)
3.3
CPU Architecture
x86_64
Networking
Value
Network Performance
12 Gigabit
IPv6
true
Storage
Value
Disk Space (GiB)
N/A
EBS Optimized
True
Max Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS
4750
Max Throughput (MB/s) on EBS
593.75
Max I/O Operations/second (IOPS)
20000