f2.6xlarge vs x8aedz.6xlarge

Accelerators
Instance Type	f2.6xlarge	x8aedz.6xlarge
Instance Family	FPGA	Memory optimized
Details	Genomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security f – FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) 2 – Generation 6xlarge – 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 a – AMD processor e – Extra storage or memory d – Instance store volume z – High performance 6xlarge – Size
vCPUs	24	24
Memory	256 GiB	768 GiB
CPU Architecture	x86_64	n/a
Processor	AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor	AMD EPYC 9R05 Processor
Clock Speed	3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core	2	0
GPU	no	no
Inference Accelerator	no	no
FPGA	yes	no
FPGA Name	Virtex UltraScale+ (VU47P)
FPGA Manufacturer	Xilinx
FPGA Count	1
FPGA Memory	80 GiB
FPGA Total Memory	80 GiB
Instances
Sizes	f2.12xlarge, f2.48xlarge, f2.6xlarge	x8aedz.12xlarge, x8aedz.24xlarge, x8aedz.3xlarge, x8aedz.6xlarge, x8aedz.large, x8aedz.metal-12xl, x8aedz.metal-24xl, x8aedz.xlarge
Free Tier	no	no
Burstable	no	no
Hibernation	no	no
Instance Storage	1 x 950 NVMe SSD	1 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimized	default
Encryption	supported
NVMe	required
Dedicated Throughput	7500 MBps	15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth	7500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput	937.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance	30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance	30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth	7500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput	937.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance	12.5 Gigabit	18750 Megabit
Enhanced Networking	yes	yes
Max Interfaces	8
Max Cards	1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface	30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface	30
IPv6 Support	yes	no
ENA Support	required
EFA Support	no	no
Encryption in Transit Support	yes	no
ENA SRD Support	no	no
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	3.66x

Regional Prices

Geography	Region	f2.6xlarge	x8aedz.6xlarge
Asia Pacific	Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)	n/a	7.1107
Asia Pacific	Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)	n/a	10.0103
Canada	Canada (Central) (ca-central-1)	2.1780	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	2.3760	10.0103
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	2.3760	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-3)	2.4750	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-4)	2.5740	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-5)	2.6736	n/a
US	US East (Virginia) (us-east-1)	1.9800	n/a
US	US West (Oregon) (us-west-2)	1.9800	6.9036