Amazon EC2 C6a instances are powered by 3rd generation AMD EPYC processors, deliver up to 15% better price performance compared to C5a instances, and offer 10% lower cost than comparable x86-based EC2 instances.
The c6a.12xlarge is a aws ec2 instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for ec2 workloads.
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 48 |
| Memory | 96 GiB |
| Physical Processor | AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor |
| Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit |
| GPU Memory | NA |
| Network | Value |
| Network Performance | 18750 Megabit |
| Enhanced Networking | Yes |
| Storage | Value |
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS Throughput | 10000 Mbps |
| Amazon | Value |
| Current Generation | Yes |
| Instance Type | c6a.12xlarge |
| Family | Compute optimized |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| c6a.large | 2 | 4 |
| c6a.xlarge | 4 | 8 |
| c6a.2xlarge | 8 | 16 |
| c6a.4xlarge | 16 | 32 |
| c6a.8xlarge | 32 | 64 |
| c6a.12xlarge | 48 | 96 |
| c6a.16xlarge | 64 | 128 |
| c6a.24xlarge | 96 | 192 |
| c6a.32xlarge | 128 | 256 |
| c6a.48xlarge | 192 | 384 |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| d3en.6xlarge | 24 | 96 GiB |
| m8azn.6xlarge | 24 | 96 GiB |
| m5zn.6xlarge | 24 | 96 GiB |

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