i7i.8xlarge vs i2.8xlarge

Instance Typei7i.8xlargei2.8xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsNoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

i – IOPS / storage optimized
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
8xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

i – IOPS / storage optimized
2 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesi7i.12xlarge, i7i.16xlarge, i7i.24xlarge, i7i.2xlarge, i7i.48xlarge, i7i.4xlarge, i7i.8xlarge, i7i.large, i7i.metal-24xl, i7i.metal-48xl, i7i.xlargei2.2xlarge, i2.4xlarge, i2.8xlarge, i2.large, i2.xlarge
Generationsi4i.8xlarge, i7i.8xlargei2.8xlarge, i3.8xlarge, i4i.8xlarge, i7i.8xlarge
OpenSearchi7i.8xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units104
Instance Storage2 x 3750 NVMe SSD8 x 800 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput10240 MBps1500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.17x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
i7i.8xlarge
i2.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.15577.5020
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.4267n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.4965n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.5042n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.5042n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.5042n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.5429n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.5429n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.5429n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.6010n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.6203n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.25827.5020
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.6203n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.6203n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.6203n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.6397n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.6397n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.6590n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.9611n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)3.9688n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)3.9882n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)4.8206n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.25827.7330
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.32998.0040
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.32998.0040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.32998.1020
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.32998.1400
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.32998.1400
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.42678.1840
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.02026.8200
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.02026.8200
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.02026.8200
Activate subscription to see all regions and unlock all features  

Related Comparisons

Other instances worth weighing against these.