cr1.8xlarge vs x8i.8xlarge

Instance Typecr1.8xlargex8i.8xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
High memory and compute applications.

crCompute 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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory244 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizescr1.8xlargex8i.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
Variantsx8g.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units88
Instance Storage2 x 120 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput400 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 Gigabit15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces10
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
cr1.8xlarge
x8i.8xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)3.7500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.10503.9930
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a4.9019
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a3.5013
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.50003.5013
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.50003.5013
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