c6gn.metalvsc7gn.metal
| At a glance | c6gn.metal | c7gn.metal |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 64 vCPUs, 128 GiB | 64 vCPUs, 128 GiB |
| Processor | AWS Graviton2 Processor | AWS Graviton3 Processor |
| Architecture | arm64 | arm64 |
Key differences
The biggest lead each one has.
Where c6gn.metal leads
No clear lead on the measures we compare.
Where c7gn.metal leads
Clock speed2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
4% higherSpecs
31 of 38 specs differ. Those are in bold.
| Compute7 of 9 differ | c6gn.metal | c7gn.metal |
|---|---|---|
| vCPUs | 64 | 64 |
| Physical cores | – | 64 |
| Threads per core | – | 1 |
| Architecture | arm64 | arm64 |
| Processor | AWS Graviton2 Processor | AWS Graviton3 Processor |
| CPU maker | – | AWS |
| Clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Sustained clock | – | 2.6 GHz |
| Burstable | – | No |
| MemoryAll 1 match | c6gn.metal | c7gn.metal |
|---|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 128 | 128 |
| Networking8 of 8 differ | c6gn.metal | c7gn.metal |
|---|---|---|
| Network | 100 Gigabit | 200 Gigabit |
| Network baseline | – | 200 Gbps |
| Network peak | – | 200 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | – | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | – | Yes |
| IPv6 | – | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | – | 15 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | – | 50 |
| Storage10 of 11 differ | c6gn.metal | c7gn.metal |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | – | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | – | Required |
| EBS throughput | 38000 Mbps | 40000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | – | 33,333 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | – | 40,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | – | 4,166.625 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | – | 5,000 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | – | 133,333 |
| EBS max IOPS | – | 160,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | – | 31 |
| Instance details6 of 9 differ | c6gn.metal | c7gn.metal |
|---|---|---|
| Family | c6gn | c7gn |
| Category | Compute optimized | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 128 | 128 |
| Bare metal | – | Yes |
| Placement groups | – | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | – | No |
| Nitro Enclaves | – | No |
| Boot modes | – | UEFI |
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