x8i.16xlarge vs g6e.16xlarge
| x8i.16xlarge | g6e.16xlarge |
| Memory optimized | GPU instance |
| 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 16xlarge – Size | Machine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks. g – GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) 6 – Generation e – Extra storage or memory 16xlarge – Size |
| 64 | 64 |
| 1024 GiB | 512 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) | AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor |
| 3.9 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | yes |
| L40S | |
| NVIDIA | |
| 1 | |
| 44.7 GiB | |
| 44.7 GiB | |
| no | no |
| 48 GiB | |
| no | no |
| x8i.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 | g6e.12xlarge, g6e.16xlarge, g6e.24xlarge, g6e.2xlarge, g6e.48xlarge, g6e.4xlarge, g6e.8xlarge, g6e.xlarge |
| x8g.16xlarge | g6.16xlarge |
| ml.g6e.16xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| EBS only | 1 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| 20000 MBps | 20000 MBps |
| 20000 Mbps | 20000 Mbps |
| 2500 Mbps | 2500 Mbps |
| 80000 IOPS | 80000 IOPS |
| 80000 IOPS | 80000 IOPS |
| 20000 Mbps | 20000 Mbps |
| 2500 Mbps | 2500 Mbps |
| 30000 Megabit | 35 Gigabit |
| yes | yes |
| 16 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 64 | 50 |
| 64 | 50 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | yes |
| 1 | |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.11x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | x8i.16xlarge | g6e.16xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 7.9859 | 7.9844 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 9.8038 | 8.0373 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | n/a | 9.2954 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | n/a | 9.3158 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 9.4745 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 10.9892 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 7.0026 | 7.5772 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 7.0026 | 7.5772 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 7.0026 | 7.5772 |