x8i.2xlarge vs d3.2xlarge

Instance Typex8i.2xlarged3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsIn-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
2xlarge – Size
Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehousing, MapReduce/Hadoop computing, distributed/file network systems, and log/data-processing applications.

d – Disk / storage optimized
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory128 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx8i.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.xlarged3.2xlarge, d3.4xlarge, d3.8xlarge, d3.xlarge
Generationsd2.2xlarge, d3.2xlarge
Variantsx8g.2xlarged3en.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only6 x 2000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps212.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface305
IPv6 Addresses per Interface305
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

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x8i.2xlarge
d3.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.90311.0470
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.26921.3160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.26921.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.99821.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.05041.1970
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.05041.2190
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.10291.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.14231.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.22551.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.26921.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.26921.2800
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.87530.9990
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.87530.9990
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.87530.9990
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