hpc7a.24xlarge vs x1.16xlarge

Instance Typehpc7a.24xlargex1.16xlarge
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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
24xlarge – 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
1 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs4864
Memory768 GiB976 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorHigh Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.7 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizeshpc7a.12xlarge, hpc7a.24xlarge, hpc7a.48xlarge, hpc7a.96xlargex1.16xlarge, x1.32xlarge
Generationsx1.16xlarge, x8i.16xlarge
Variantsx1e.16xlarge
RDSdb.x1.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units174.5
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1920 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput87 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth87 Mbps7000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput10.875 Mbps875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance500 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance11000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2085 Mbps7000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput260.625 Mbps875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance300 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces48
Max Cards21
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces2
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.07x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
hpc7a.24xlarge
x1.16xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)7.7252n/a
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)7.7252n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)8.55536.8810
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a10.6380
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a13.0050
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)8.66747.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)9.07938.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a8.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a8.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a8.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a8.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a9.3370
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a9.5240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)7.20006.6690
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a6.6690
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a6.6690
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