a1.2xlarge vs x8i.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlargex8i.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargex8i.12xlarge, x8i.16xlarge, x8i.24xlarge, x8i.2xlarge, x8i.32xlarge, x8i.48xlarge, x8i.4xlarge, x8i.64xlarge, x8i.8xlarge, x8i.96xlarge, x8i.large, x8i.metal-48xl, x8i.metal-96xl, x8i.xlarge
Variantsx8g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x4.95x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
x8i.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20400.9031
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.7069
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23040.9982
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23281.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23521.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25681.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26641.1026
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.1029
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.1423
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.2255
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20400.8753
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20400.8753
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.8753
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