x8g.16xlarge vs f1.16xlarge

Instance Typex8g.16xlargef1.16xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedFPGA
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
g – AWS Graviton processor
16xlarge – Size
Genomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security

f – FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
1 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory1024 GiB976 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64n/a
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlargef1.16xlarge, f1.2xlarge, f1.4xlarge
Variantsx8i.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units201
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 940 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput20480 MBps14000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance30 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces15
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x8g.16xlarge
f1.16xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a14.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)7.118715.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)7.488015.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)7.5034n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)8.7392n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)6.2528n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)6.252813.2000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)6.252813.2000
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