x8g.4xlarge vs f1.4xlarge

Instance Typex8g.4xlargef1.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – Size
Genomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security

f – FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
1 – Generation
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory256 GiB244 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.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units58
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 940 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x8g.4xlarge
f1.4xlarge
EuropeEurope (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1)n/a3.4680
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.77973.6300
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.87203.8120
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.87583.9600
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.18483.9620
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.5632n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.56323.3000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.56323.3000
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