x8g.4xlarge vs g6e.4xlarge
| x8g.4xlarge | g6e.4xlarge |
| 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 g – AWS Graviton processor 4xlarge – 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 4xlarge – Size |
| 16 | 16 |
| 256 GiB | 128 GiB |
| arm64 | x86_64 |
| AWS Graviton4 Processor | AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor |
| 2.8 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| 1 | 2 |
| no | yes |
| L40S | |
| NVIDIA | |
| 1 | |
| 44.7 GiB | |
| 44.7 GiB | |
| no | no |
| 48 GiB | |
| no | no |
| x8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge | g6e.12xlarge, g6e.16xlarge, g6e.24xlarge, g6e.2xlarge, g6e.48xlarge, g6e.4xlarge, g6e.8xlarge, g6e.xlarge |
| g6e.4xlarge, g7e.4xlarge | |
| x8i.4xlarge | g6.4xlarge, g6f.4xlarge |
| ml.g6e.4xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| EBS only | 1 x 600 GB NVMe SSD |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 10240 MBps | 8000 MBps |
| 5000 Mbps | 8000 Mbps |
| 625 Mbps | 1000 Mbps |
| 20000 IOPS | 32000 IOPS |
| 40000 IOPS | 32000 IOPS |
| 10000 Mbps | 8000 Mbps |
| 1250 Mbps | 1000 Mbps |
| Up to 15 Gigabit | 20 Gigabit |
| yes | yes |
| 8 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 30 | 30 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.99x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | x8g.4xlarge | g6e.4xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 1.7797 | 3.1657 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 1.8720 | 3.1867 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 1.8758 | 3.6080 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 2.1848 | 3.6855 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 3.6936 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 3.7565 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 4.3570 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 4.3570 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 1.5632 | 3.0042 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 1.5632 | 3.0042 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 1.5632 | 3.0042 |