i4g.2xlarge vs i8g.2xlarge

Instance Typei4g.2xlargei8g.2xlarge
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
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesi4g.16xlarge, i4g.2xlarge, i4g.4xlarge, i4g.8xlarge, i4g.large, i4g.xlargei8g.12xlarge, i8g.16xlarge, i8g.24xlarge, i8g.2xlarge, i8g.48xlarge, i8g.4xlarge, i8g.8xlarge, i8g.large, i8g.metal-24xl, i8g.metal-48xl, i8g.xlarge
Generationsi4g.2xlarge, i8g.2xlargei4g.2xlarge, i8g.2xlarge
Variantsi4i.2xlargei8ge.2xlarge
OpenSearchi4g.2xlarge.searchi8g.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 1875 SSD1 x 1875GB
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12 GigabitUp to 12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

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i4g.2xlarge
i8g.2xlarge
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HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.8184
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.8228
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.8228
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.8228
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.8272
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.8272
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.0960
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HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.74050.7564
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HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7964
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.8052
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.8052
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.61780.6864
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.61780.6864
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.61780.6864
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