c8gn.16xlarge vs i8g.16xlarge

Instance Typec8gn.16xlargei8g.16xlarge
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – 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
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8gn.12xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge, c8gn.24xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8gn.48xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge, c8gn.8xlarge, c8gn.large, c8gn.medium, c8gn.metal-24xl, c8gn.metal-48xl, c8gn.xlargei8g.12xlarge, i8g.16xlarge, i8g.24xlarge, i8g.2xlarge, i8g.48xlarge, i8g.4xlarge, i8g.8xlarge, i8g.large, i8g.metal-24xl, i8g.metal-48xl, i8g.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.16xlarge, c7gn.16xlarge, c8gn.16xlargei4g.16xlarge, i8g.16xlarge
Variantsc8a.16xlarge, c8g.16xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8ib.16xlarge, c8id.16xlarge, c8in.16xlarge
OpenSearchi8g.16xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.c8gn.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 3750GB
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput40000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth40000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput5000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance160000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance160000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth40000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput5000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance200 GigabitUp to 37.5 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces1615
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.44x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8gn.16xlarge
i8g.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)3.7888n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)3.7011n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)3.7011n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.79205.7408
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.28356.4512
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.31876.5472
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.35396.5824
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.35396.5824
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.49416.5824
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.49416.6176
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.52936.6176
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.56458.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)4.5645n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)4.7085n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.79206.0512
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)4.7398n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)4.7584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)4.7750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)4.9491n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)4.9510n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)5.0208n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)5.0982n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)5.8285n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.79206.0512
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.79206.0512
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.07306.2304
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.14346.3712
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.14346.3712
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.28036.4416
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.28356.4416
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a5.4912
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a5.4912
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a5.4912
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