c7a.metal-48xlvsc7i.metal-48xl

c7i.metal-48xl is 13% cheaper than c7a.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $938.34 a month.

At a glancec7a.metal-48xlc7i.metal-48xl
On-demand$9.853/hr$8.568/hr13% less
Lowest rate$2.352/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.742/hr26% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 384 GiB192 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
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.

Optionc7a.metal-48xlc7i.metal-48xlc7i.metal-48xl vs c7a.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$9.853$8.568▼ 13%
SpotCan be interrupted76% off$2.35280% off$1.742▼ 26%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$6.51834% off$5.668▼ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$4.33856% off$3.772▼ 13%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$7.12128% off$6.192▼ 13%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$4.75852% off$4.137▼ 13%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c7a.metal-48xl leads
Physical cores192 vs 96
2× higher
Where c7i.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$8.568 vs $9.853 per hour
13% cheaper

Specs

8 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute7 of 10 differc7a.metal-48xlc7i.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores19296
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speedUp to 3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Sustained clock3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc7a.metal-48xlc7i.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)384384
NetworkingAll 8 matchc7a.metal-48xlc7i.metal-48xl
Network50000 Megabit50000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 11 matchc7a.metal-48xlc7i.metal-48xl
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps40000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps40,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s5,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Max EBS volumes7979
Instance details1 of 9 differc7a.metal-48xlc7i.metal-48xl
Familyc7ac7i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c7a.metal-48xl first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc7a.metal-48xlc7i.metal-48xlDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$9.853$8.568▼ 13%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$9.853$8.568▼ 13%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$9.853$8.568▼ 13%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$10.549$9.173▼ 13%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$10.57$9.192▼ 13%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$10.572$9.193▼ 13%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$11.245$9.778▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$11.361$9.878▼ 13%
EU (London)eu-west-2$11.708$10.181▼ 13%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$12.287$10.685▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$12.403$10.786▼ 13%

Keep exploring

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