h1.8xlarge vs inf2.8xlarge

Instance Typeh1.8xlargeinf2.8xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedMachine Learning ASIC
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
8xlarge – Size
Machine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
2 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.6 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornoyes
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia2
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
Accelerator Memory32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesh1.16xlarge, h1.2xlarge, h1.4xlarge, h1.8xlargeinf2.24xlarge, inf2.48xlarge, inf2.8xlarge, inf2.xlarge
SageMakerml.inf2.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units97
Instance Storage4 x 2000 HDDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth7000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput875 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth7000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput875 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.33x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
h1.8xlarge
inf2.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.07602.1647
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a3.3454
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a2.4598
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a2.5582
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a2.5582
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a2.7550
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.7550
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.9518
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.9518
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.9518
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.87201.9679
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.87201.9679
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.87201.9679
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