c5.metalvsm5.metal

c5.metal is 11% cheaper than m5.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $385.44 a month.

At a glancec5.metalm5.metal
On-demand$4.08/hr11% less$4.608/hr
Lowest rate$0.9484/hr0% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.9496/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 192 GiB96 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275LIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc5.metalm5.metalm5.metal vs c5.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$4.08$4.608▲ 13%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.948479% off$0.9496Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.5737% off$2.903▲ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$1.7157% off$1.991▲ 16%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.95627% off$3.385▲ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.9749% off$2.337▲ 19%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5.metal leads
On-demand price$4.08 vs $4.608 per hour
11% cheaper
Sustained clock3.6 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
16% higher
Where m5.metal leads
Memory (GiB)384 vs 192
2× higher

Specs

9 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differc5.metalm5.metal
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275LIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Deep Learning Boost; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU375345
Memory1 of 1 differc5.metalm5.metal
Memory (GiB)192384
NetworkingAll 8 matchc5.metalm5.metal
Network25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage1 of 11 differc5.metalm5.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput14000 Mbps12000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details2 of 9 differc5.metalm5.metal
Familyc5m5
CategoryCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c5.metal first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5.metalm5.metalDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$4.08$4.848▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$4.08$4.848▲ 19%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.08$4.608▲ 13%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.08$4.608▲ 13%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.08$4.608▲ 13%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$4.368$4.896▲ 12%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.464$5.136▲ 15%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$4.464$5.136▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.608$5.664▲ 23%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.608$5.136▲ 11%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$4.608$5.136▲ 11%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.656$5.52▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$4.704$5.76▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.704$5.76▲ 22%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$4.838$5.393▲ 11%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.848$5.328▲ 10%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.848$5.376▲ 11%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.848$5.376▲ 11%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$4.896$5.808▲ 19%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.896$5.808▲ 19%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$5.069$5.65▲ 11%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$5.069$5.65▲ 11%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$5.088$5.376▲ 6%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$5.122$6.072▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$5.136$5.952▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.136$5.952▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$5.184$6.336▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$5.328$5.76▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.328$5.76▲ 8%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$5.472$6.096▲ 11%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$6.288$7.344▲ 17%

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Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

c5.metalCompute optimized, c5 family
c5.metal prices and specsEvery size in the c5 family

Compare c5.metal with

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m5.metalGeneral purpose, m5 family
m5.metal prices and specsEvery size in the m5 family

Compare m5.metal with

m5d.metalr5.metalm5dn.metalm5n.metalm5zn.metalm6i.metal

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