g6e.16xlarge vs x8i.16xlarge

Instance Typeg6e.16xlargex8i.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceMemory optimized
DetailsMachine 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
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
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.4 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameL40S
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory44.7 GiB
GPU Total Memory44.7 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory48 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg6e.12xlarge, g6e.16xlarge, g6e.24xlarge, g6e.2xlarge, g6e.48xlarge, g6e.4xlarge, g6e.8xlarge, g6e.xlargex8i.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
Variantsg6.16xlargex8g.16xlarge
SageMakerml.g6e.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 1900 GB NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance35 Gigabit30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

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g6e.16xlarge
x8i.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)7.98447.2250
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a10.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a10.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a10.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a10.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a13.6554
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)8.03737.9859
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)9.10008.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)9.10008.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)9.29548.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)9.31588.8205
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)9.47458.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)10.98929.1386
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)10.98929.8038
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)7.57727.0026
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)7.57727.0026
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)7.57727.0026
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