c7i.xlarge vs x8g.xlarge

Instance Typec7i.xlargex8g.xlarge
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
i – Intel processor
xlarge – 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7i.12xlarge, c7i.16xlarge, c7i.24xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c7i.48xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c7i.8xlarge, c7i.large, c7i.metal-24xl, c7i.metal-48xl, c7i.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Generationsc6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge
Variantsc7a.xlarge, c7g.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c7i-flex.xlargex8aedz.xlarge, x8i.xlarge
SageMakerml.c7i.xlarge
OpenSearchc7i.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
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 Diff1.00x2.14x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c7i.xlarge
x8g.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.1749n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1785n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.1749n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17850.4449
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2011n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2016n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2022n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2037n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2058n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2058n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2121n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2121n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.2142n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2142n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17850.4680
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2145n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2226n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2241n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2247n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2247n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2268n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2331n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2331n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2394n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.2448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.17850.4690
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2751n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.17850.5462
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.1874n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.1911n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1915n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1915n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1953n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.3908
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.3908
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.3908
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