c9gd.large vs x8i.large

Instance Typec9gd.largex8i.large
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
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB32 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.large, c7gd.large, c8gd.large, c9gd.large
Variantsc9g.largex8aedz.large, x8g.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth760 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput95 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface2020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface2020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.44x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
c9gd.large
x8i.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.12350.2258
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.3173
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.3173
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.2496
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.2626
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.2626
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.2757
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.2856
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.3064
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.3173
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.3173
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.10680.2188
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10680.2188
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.10680.2188
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