hpc7g.4xlarge vs x8i.4xlarge

Instance Typehpc7g.4xlargex8i.4xlarge
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
g – AWS Graviton processor
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.6 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizeshpc7g.16xlarge, hpc7g.4xlarge, hpc7g.8xlargex8i.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.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput87 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth87 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput10.875 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance500 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance11000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2085 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput260.625 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance200 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces48
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.14x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
hpc7g.4xlarge
x8i.4xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)1.8059n/a
USGovCloud (US-West) (us-gov-west-1)2.0262n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.11171.8062
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.9965
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a2.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a2.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a2.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.2051
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.2058
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.2846
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.4510
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.7506
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.68321.7506
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.7506
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