c8in.metal-96xl vs x8i.metal-96xl

Instance Typec8in.metal-96xlx8i.metal-96xl
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.

cCompute optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
metal-96xl – Bare metal
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
metal-96xl – Bare metal
vCPUs384384
Memory768 GiB6144 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8in.12xlarge, c8in.16xlarge, c8in.24xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8in.32xlarge, c8in.48xlarge, c8in.4xlarge, c8in.8xlarge, c8in.96xlarge, c8in.large, c8in.metal-48xl, c8in.metal-96xl, c8in.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
Variantsc8i.metal-96xl, c8ib.metal-96xl, c8id.metal-96xl
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput120000 MBps80000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth120000 Mbps80000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput15000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance480000 IOPS480000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance480000 IOPS480000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth120000 Mbps80000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput15000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance600 Gigabit100000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces2424
Max Cards21
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces21
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.84x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c8in.metal-96xl
x8i.metal-96xl
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)32.9011n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a51.7837
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a57.2119
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a58.8230
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a48.7444
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)26.127448.7444
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)26.127448.7444
Activate subscription to see all regions and unlock awesome features