x8i.8xlarge vs g7e.8xlarge

Instance Typex8i.8xlargeg7e.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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)
7 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory512 GiB256 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
GPUs1
GPU Memory96 GiB
GPU Total Memory96 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory96 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.8xlarge, g7e.8xlarge
Variantsx8g.8xlargeg7.8xlarge
SageMakerml.g7e.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps16000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps16000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS64000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS64000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps16000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps2000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance15000 Megabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces108
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 Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.61x

Regional Prices

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x8i.8xlarge
g7e.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.61255.5513
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.99306.4770
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.20167.5999
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.20167.6405
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.20168.6047
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.41028.9589
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.41159.1565
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.5693n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.9019n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.50135.2682
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.50135.2682
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.50135.2682
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