c7gn.4xlarge vs x8i.4xlarge

Instance Typec7gn.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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
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
Memory32 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.6 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7gn.12xlarge, c7gn.16xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c7gn.4xlarge, c7gn.8xlarge, c7gn.large, c7gn.medium, c7gn.metal, c7gn.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
Generationsc6gn.4xlarge, c7gn.4xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge
Variantsc7a.4xlarge, c7g.4xlarge, c7gd.4xlarge, c7i-flex.4xlarge, c7i.4xlargex8g.4xlarge
ElastiCachecache.c7gn.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth8333 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1041.625 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance33333 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 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 Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.01x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
c7gn.4xlarge
x8i.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.12801.8062
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.25921.9965
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a2.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a2.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a2.2058
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.2846
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.4510
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.5385
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.99841.7506
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.99841.7506
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.99841.7506
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