x8i.2xlarge vs hs1.8xlarge

Instance Typex8i.2xlargehs1.8xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsIn-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
2xlarge – Size
1 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs816
Memory128 GiB117 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon E5-2650
Clock Speed3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx8i.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.xlargehs1.8xlarge
Variantsx8g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units35
Instance StorageEBS only24 x 2000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 Megabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x5.10x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x8i.2xlarge
hs1.8xlarge
USGovCloud (US-West) (us-gov-west-1)n/a5.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.9031n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.2692n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.2692n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.2692n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.2692n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.9982n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.0504n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.0504n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.0504n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.1026n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.1029n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.1423n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.2255n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.8753n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.8753n/a
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.8753n/a
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