im4gn.8xlarge vs i2.8xlarge

Instance Typeim4gn.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.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
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
Memory128 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlargei2.2xlarge, i2.4xlarge, i2.8xlarge, i2.large, i2.xlarge
Generationsi2.8xlarge, i3.8xlarge, i4i.8xlarge, i7i.8xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.8xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units104
Instance Storage2 x 7500 SSD8 x 800 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput19000 MBps1500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 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 Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.35x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
im4gn.8xlarge
i2.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.20887.5020
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.4887n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.4887n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.20887.5020
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.20887.7330
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.30408.0040
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.37608.0040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.37678.1020
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.37678.1400
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.41418.1400
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.47008.1840
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.91036.8200
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.91036.8200
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.91036.8200
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