hpc8a.96xlarge vs x8i.96xlarge

Instance Typehpc8a.96xlargex8i.96xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory 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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
96xlarge – 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
96xlarge – Size
vCPUs192384
Memory768 GiB6144 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizeshpc8a.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
Generationshpc7a.96xlarge, hpc8a.96xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput87 MBps80000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth87 Mbps80000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput10.875 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance500 IOPS480000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance11000 IOPS480000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2085 Mbps80000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput260.625 Mbps10000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance300 Gigabit100000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces424
Max Cards21
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces21
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x6.26x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
hpc8a.96xlarge
x8i.96xlarge
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)8.4977n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a51.7837
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a58.8230
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)7.920048.7444
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a48.7444
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a48.7444
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