hpc6id.32xlarge vs x8i.16xlarge

Instance Typehpc6id.32xlargex8i.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory1024 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizeshpc6id.32xlargex8i.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.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage4 x 3800 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2085 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth87 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput10.875 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance500 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance11000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2085 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput260.625 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance200 Gigabit30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces216
Max Cards21
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces2
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.37x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
hpc6id.32xlarge
x8i.16xlarge
EuropeEurope (Paris) (eu-west-3)6.7729n/a
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)6.0352n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)6.85447.2250
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a10.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a10.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a7.9859
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a8.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a8.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a8.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a9.1386
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a9.8038
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a10.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a10.1539
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)5.70007.0026
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a7.0026
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a7.0026
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