C5N Compute Optimized

High-performance processors for compute-intensive applications.

Name:cCompute Optimizedc = Compute OptimizedOptimized for compute-bound applications that benefit from high-performance processors (web servers, batch processing, gaming servers, and video encoding).55th Generation5 = 5th GenerationAWS 5th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.nEnhanced Networkingn = Enhanced NetworkingEnhanced networking capabilities delivering up to 100/200/400 Gbps network bandwidth and Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) support.

Alternatives to c5n

OptionPrice vs c5nWhy look at it
c6inCompare →
+5%+$0.0108/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Newer generation, 8 GiB RAM instead of 10.5, same vCPU
c6gnCompare →
-20%-$0.0432/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Graviton (arm64), newer generation, 8 GiB RAM instead of 10.5, same vCPU
c7gnCompare →
+16%+$0.0336/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Graviton (arm64), newer generation, 8 GiB RAM instead of 10.5, same vCPU

Common use cases

  • Batch processing
  • Scientific modeling
  • Gaming servers
  • High-performance web servers

Head-to-Head Architecture Comparisons

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Architecture & Sizingc6in vs c7gn vs c6gn vs c5n

AWS High-Networking Compute: C6in vs C7gn vs C6gn vs C5n

Comparing 100 Gbps and 200 Gbps network-optimized compute instances

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Instance types (6)

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
c5n.large25 GBx86_64$0.1080
c5n.xlarge411 GBx86_64$0.2160
c5n.2xlarge821 GBx86_64$0.4320
c5n.4xlarge1642 GBx86_64$0.8640
c5n.9xlarge3696 GBx86_64$1.9440
c5n.18xlarge72192 GBx86_64$3.8880