c6id.2xlarge vs x8i.2xlarge

Instance Typec6id.2xlargex8i.2xlarge
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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
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 Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6id.12xlarge, c6id.16xlarge, c6id.24xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6id.32xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6id.8xlarge, c6id.large, c6id.metal, c6id.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
Generationsc6id.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge
Variantsc6a.2xlarge, c6g.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6in.2xlargex8g.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c6id.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 474 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.32x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6id.2xlarge
x8i.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.3998n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.3998n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40320.9031
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.47041.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.47881.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4807n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4830n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4830n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4872n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.5124n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5292n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5557n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.6258n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.40320.9982
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.42341.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.44521.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.44521.1029
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.45781.1423
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.46121.2255
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.46201.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.46621.2692
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.8753
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40320.8753
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.8753
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