f2.12xlarge vs x8i.12xlarge

Instance Typef2.12xlargex8i.12xlarge
Instance FamilyFPGAMemory optimized
DetailsGenomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security

fFPGA (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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory512 GiB768 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.4 GHz3.9 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, f2.6xlargex8i.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.xlarge
Variantsx8aedz.12xlarge, x8g.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 950 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces812
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.25x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
f2.12xlarge
x8i.12xlarge
CanadaCanada (Central) (ca-central-1)4.3560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.75205.9894
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.75207.3529
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.9500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)5.1480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)5.3472n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a5.2519
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.96005.2519
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.96005.2519
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