c8i.2xlarge vs x2iezn.2xlarge

Instance Typec8i.2xlargex2iezn.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
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
2 – Generation
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed3.9 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8i.12xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8i.24xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8i.32xlarge, c8i.48xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8i.96xlarge, c8i.large, c8i.metal-48xl, c8i.metal-96xl, c8i.xlargex2iezn.12xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge, x2iezn.6xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge, x2iezn.metal
Generationsc6i.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge
Variantsc8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlargex2gd.2xlarge, x2iedn.2xlarge
RDSdb.x2iezn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x4.55x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8i.2xlarge
x2iezn.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3748n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.3674n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3748n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a2.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.37482.0510
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.4322n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.4454n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4454n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4674n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4719n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4895n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.5028n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5777n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.37482.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.3748n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.4013n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.4022n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.4022n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.4101n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.4234n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4278n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a1.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.6680
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