x8i.8xlarge vs d3en.8xlarge

Instance Typex8i.8xlarged3en.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory512 GiB128 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.xlarged3en.12xlarge, d3en.2xlarge, d3en.4xlarge, d3en.6xlarge, d3en.8xlarge, d3en.xlarge
Variantsx8g.8xlarged3.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only16 x 14000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps625 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance15000 Megabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces104
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
x8i.8xlarge
d3en.8xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a5.1310
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.61255.2717
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.99305.2717
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.20165.2717
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.20165.5415
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.20166.0984
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.4102n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.4115n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.5693n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.9019n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.5013n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.50134.2058
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.50134.2058
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