hpc7a.24xlarge vs x8i.24xlarge

Instance Typehpc7a.24xlargex8i.24xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance computing (HPC), computational fluid dynamics, computational finance, seismic analysis, reservoir simulation, risk analysis, and weather modeling.

hpcHigh 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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs4896
Memory768 GiB1536 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizeshpc7a.12xlarge, hpc7a.24xlarge, hpc7a.48xlarge, hpc7a.96xlargex8i.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
Variantsx8aedz.24xlarge, x8g.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput87 MBps30000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth87 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput10.875 Mbps3750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance500 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance11000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2085 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput260.625 Mbps3750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance300 Gigabit40000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces416
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 Diff1.00x1.43x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
hpc7a.24xlarge
x8i.24xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)7.7252n/a
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)7.7252n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)8.555311.9789
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)8.667414.7058
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)9.0793n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)7.200010.5038
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a10.5038
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a10.5038
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