c9gd.16xlarge vs x8i.16xlarge

Instance Typec9gd.16xlargex8i.16xlarge
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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – 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
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc9gd.12xlarge, c9gd.16xlarge, c9gd.24xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge, c9gd.48xlarge, c9gd.4xlarge, c9gd.8xlarge, c9gd.large, c9gd.medium, c9gd.metal-48xl, c9gd.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
Generationsc6gd.16xlarge, c7gd.16xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c9gd.16xlarge
Variantsc9g.16xlargex8g.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 3800 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput24000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth24000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput3000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance96000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance96000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth24000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance34 Gigabit30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1616
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.44x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
c9gd.16xlarge
x8i.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.95207.2250
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a10.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a10.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a7.9859
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a8.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a8.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a8.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a9.1386
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a9.8038
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a10.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a10.1539
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.41767.0026
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.41767.0026
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.41767.0026
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