C6IN 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).66th Generation6 = 6th GenerationAWS 6th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.iIntel Xeon Scalablei = Intel Xeon ScalableIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) (x86_64). Powered by Intel Xeon Scalable x86_64 processors with Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX-512 / AMX) acceleration.nEnhanced Networkingn = Enhanced NetworkingEnhanced networking capabilities delivering up to 100/200/400 Gbps network bandwidth and Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) support.

Alternatives to c6in

OptionPrice vs c6inWhy look at it
c6gnCompare →
-24%-$0.054/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Graviton (arm64), same vCPU and RAM
c7gnCompare →
+10%+$0.0228/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Graviton (arm64), newer generation, same vCPU and RAM
c5nCompare →
-5%-$0.0108/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Previous generation, 10.5 GiB RAM instead of 8, same vCPU

Common use cases

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

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Architecture & Sizingc6in vs c7gn vs c6gn vs c5n

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

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Instance types (9)

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
c6in.large24 GBx86_64$0.1107
c6in.xlarge48 GBx86_64$0.2213
c6in.2xlarge816 GBx86_64$0.4427
c6in.4xlarge1632 GBx86_64$0.8854
c6in.8xlarge3264 GBx86_64$1.7707
c6in.12xlarge4896 GBx86_64$2.6561
c6in.16xlarge64128 GBx86_64$3.5414
c6in.24xlarge96192 GBx86_64$5.3122
c6in.32xlarge128256 GBx86_64$7.0829