cr1.8xlarge vs x1e.8xlarge

Instance Typecr1.8xlargex1e.8xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
High memory and compute applications.

cr – Compute Rich
1 – Generation
8xlarge – 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
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory244 GiB976 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizescr1.8xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
RDSdb.x1e.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units8891
Instance Storage2 x 120 SSD1 x 960 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMeunsupported
Dedicated Throughput400 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput437.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.33x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
cr1.8xlarge
x1e.8xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)3.7500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.10506.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a9.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a9.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a9.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a13.0050
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a7.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a8.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a8.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a8.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a9.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a9.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a9.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a9.6720
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a6.6720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.50006.6720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.50006.6720
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