hpc6id.32xlarge vs x2idn.16xlarge

Instance Typehpc6id.32xlargex2idn.16xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance computing (HPC), computational fluid dynamics, computational finance, seismic analysis, reservoir simulation, risk analysis, and weather modeling.

hpc – High performance computing (HPC) / high disk throughput
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
32xlarge – 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
2 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory1024 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizeshpc6id.32xlargex2idn.16xlarge, x2idn.24xlarge, x2idn.32xlarge, x2idn.metal
Variantsx2gd.16xlarge, x2iedn.16xlarge
RDSdb.x2idn.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage4 x 3800 NVMe SSD1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2085 MBps40960 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth87 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput10.875 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance500 IOPS173333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance11000 IOPS173333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2085 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput260.625 Mbps5000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance200 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces215
Max Cards21
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces2
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.36x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
hpc6id.32xlarge
x2idn.16xlarge
EuropeEurope (Paris) (eu-west-3)6.7729n/a
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)6.0352n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a8.0030
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HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a8.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a8.2040
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)5.70006.6690
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a6.6690
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a6.6690
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