f2.6xlarge vs i2.8xlarge

Instance Typef2.6xlargei2.8xlarge
Instance FamilyFPGAStorage optimized
DetailsGenomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security

f – FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
2 – Generation
6xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

i – IOPS / storage optimized
2 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs2432
Memory256 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed3.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAyesno
FPGA NameVirtex UltraScale+ (VU47P)
FPGA ManufacturerXilinx
FPGA Count1
FPGA Memory80 GiB
FPGA Total Memory80 GiB
Instances
Sizesf2.12xlarge, f2.48xlarge, f2.6xlargei2.2xlarge, i2.4xlarge, i2.8xlarge, i2.large, i2.xlarge
Generationsi2.8xlarge, i3.8xlarge, i4i.8xlarge, i7i.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units104
Instance Storage1 x 950 NVMe SSD8 x 800 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput7500 MBps1500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth7500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput937.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth7500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput937.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12.5 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.29x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
f2.6xlarge
i2.8xlarge
CanadaCanada (Central) (ca-central-1)2.1780n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.37607.5020
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.37607.5020
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.47507.7330
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.57408.0040
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.67368.0040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a8.1020
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a8.1400
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a8.1400
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a8.1840
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a6.8200
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.98006.8200
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.98006.8200
Activate subscription to see all regions and unlock all features

Related Comparisons

Other instances worth weighing against these.