x8g.2xlarge vs f1.2xlarge

Instance Typex8g.2xlargef1.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – Size
Genomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security

f – FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory128 GiB122 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.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 470 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBps1700 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.05x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Shared Tenancy
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Geography
Region
x8g.2xlarge
f1.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1)n/a1.7340
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.88981.8150
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.93601.9060
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.93791.9800
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.09241.9810
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.7816n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.78161.6500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.78161.6500
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