c6in.2xlarge vs i8g.2xlarge

Instance Typec6in.2xlargei8g.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedStorage 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
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

i – IOPS / storage optimized
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6in.12xlarge, c6in.16xlarge, c6in.24xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.32xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c6in.8xlarge, c6in.large, c6in.metal, c6in.xlargei8g.12xlarge, i8g.16xlarge, i8g.24xlarge, i8g.2xlarge, i8g.48xlarge, i8g.4xlarge, i8g.8xlarge, i8g.large, i8g.metal-24xl, i8g.metal-48xl, i8g.xlarge
Generationsc6in.2xlarge, c8in.2xlargei4g.2xlarge, i8g.2xlarge
Variantsc6a.2xlarge, c6g.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6id.2xlargei8ge.2xlarge
OpenSearchi8g.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1875GB
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput781.25 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance25000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance100000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 40000 MegabitUp to 12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.50x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6in.2xlarge
i8g.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.4532n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.4427n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.4427n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.45360.7176
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.51240.8064
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.51240.8184
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.51410.8228
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.51660.8228
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.52080.8228
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.52080.8272
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.53760.8272
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.53761.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5380n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.5418n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.45360.7564
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.5460n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.5460n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.5628n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.5632n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.5670n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.5692n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.5708n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.5712n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.5920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.5922n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.45360.7564
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.6006n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.6098n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.6972n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.45360.7564
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.47630.7788
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.48720.7964
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.49560.7964
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.49560.8052
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.51200.8052
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.6864
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.6864
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.6864
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