a1.4xlarge vs x1e.4xlarge

Instance Typea1.4xlargex1e.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB488 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorHigh Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
RDSdb.x1e.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units47
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 480 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps1750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3500 Mbps1750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput437.5 Mbps218.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps1750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps218.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x9.56x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.4xlarge
x1e.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40803.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a6.5020
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46083.6670
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46564.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.47044.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.51364.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53284.6680
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.7600
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a4.8360
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.40803.3360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40803.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a3.3360
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