f2.12xlarge vs x1.16xlarge

Instance Typef2.12xlargex1.16xlarge
Instance FamilyFPGAMemory optimized
DetailsGenomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security

f – FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
2 – Generation
12xlarge – Size
In-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
1 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs4864
Memory512 GiB976 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorHigh Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAyesno
FPGA NameVirtex UltraScale+ (VU47P)
FPGA ManufacturerXilinx
FPGA Count2
FPGA Memory80 GiB
FPGA Total Memory160 GiB
Instances
Sizesf2.12xlarge, f2.48xlarge, f2.6xlargex1.16xlarge, x1.32xlarge
Generationsx1.16xlarge, x8i.16xlarge
Variantsx1e.16xlarge
RDSdb.x1.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units174.5
Instance Storage2 x 950 NVMe SSD1 x 1920 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps7000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps7000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.88x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
f2.12xlarge
x1.16xlarge
CanadaCanada (Central) (ca-central-1)4.3560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.75206.8810
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a10.6380
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a13.0050
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.75207.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.95008.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)5.14808.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)5.34728.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a8.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a8.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a9.3370
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a9.5240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a6.6690
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.96006.6690
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.96006.6690
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