h1.4xlarge vs x8i.4xlarge

Instance Typeh1.4xlargex8i.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB256 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.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units58
Instance Storage2 x 2000 HDDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput437.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.25x

Regional Prices

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h1.4xlarge
x8i.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.03801.8062
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.9965
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a2.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a2.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a2.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.2051
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.2058
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.2846
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.4510
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.93601.7506
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.93601.7506
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.93601.7506
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