h1.2xlarge vs x8i.2xlarge

Instance Typeh1.2xlargex8i.2xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsAmazon EMR workloads, distributed file systems (HDFS, MapR-FS), network file systems, log/data processing apps (like Apache Kafka), and big data clusters.

h – HDD / hard disk throughput optimized
1 – Generation
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesh1.16xlarge, h1.2xlarge, h1.4xlarge, h1.8xlargex8i.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
Variantsx8g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance Storage1 x 2000 HDDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput1750 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance12000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput218.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.25x

Regional Prices

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h1.2xlarge
x8i.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.51900.9031
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.9982
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.1026
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.1029
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.1423
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.2255
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.46800.8753
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.46800.8753
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.46800.8753
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