c5n.4xlarge vs x8i.4xlarge

Instance Typec5n.4xlargex8i.4xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory42 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.4 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc5n.18xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.9xlarge, c5n.large, c5n.metal, c5n.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
Generationsc5n.4xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c8in.4xlarge
Variantsc5.4xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5d.4xlargex8g.4xlarge
SageMakerml.c5n.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units73
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.12x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5n.4xlarge
x8i.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.8640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.86401.8062
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.02402.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.03202.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.0400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.0400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.0720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.0800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.0880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.0880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.1280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.1440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.92801.9965
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.1620n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.3280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.94402.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.97602.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.97602.2058
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.98402.2846
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.99202.4510
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.99202.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.02402.5385
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.86401.7506
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.86401.7506
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.7506
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