x8i.12xlarge vs g7e.12xlarge

Instance Typex8i.12xlargeg7e.12xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGPU instance
DetailsIn-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
12xlarge – Size
Machine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks.

gGPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
7 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory768 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz2.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameRTX PRO Server 6000
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs2
GPU Memory96 GiB
GPU Total Memory192 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory192 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx8i.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.xlargeg7e.12xlarge, g7e.24xlarge, g7e.2xlarge, g7e.48xlarge, g7e.4xlarge, g7e.8xlarge
Generationsg6e.12xlarge, g7e.12xlarge
Variantsx8aedz.12xlarge, x8g.12xlarge
SageMakerml.g7e.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 3800 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance22500 Megabit400 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1210
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.58x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
x8i.12xlarge
g7e.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)5.989412.0173
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)7.3529n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)5.25198.2861
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)5.25198.2861
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)5.25198.2861
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