r8i.12xlarge vs i4i.12xlarge

Instance Typer8i.12xlargei4i.12xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
12xlarge – 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
4 – Generation
i – Intel processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8i.12xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8i.24xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8i.32xlarge, r8i.48xlarge, r8i.4xlarge, r8i.8xlarge, r8i.96xlarge, r8i.large, r8i.metal-48xl, r8i.metal-96xl, r8i.xlargei4i.12xlarge, i4i.16xlarge, i4i.24xlarge, i4i.2xlarge, i4i.32xlarge, i4i.4xlarge, i4i.8xlarge, i4i.large, i4i.metal, i4i.xlarge
Generationsr6i.12xlarge, r7i.12xlarge, r8i.12xlargei4i.12xlarge, i7i.12xlarge
Variantsr8a.12xlarge, r8g.12xlarge, r8gb.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge, r8gn.12xlarge, r8i-flex.12xlarge, r8ib.12xlarge, r8id.12xlarge, r8idb.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarge, r8in.12xlarge
SageMakerml.r8i.12xlarge
RDSdb.r8i.12xlarge
OpenSearchi4i.12xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only3 x 3750 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance22500 Megabit28125 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces128
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.24x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r8i.12xlarge
i4i.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.41864.3030
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.91614.5410
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.91614.6730
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.91614.6730
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.91754.7780
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.99554.7780
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.99554.7780
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.99554.8310
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.02194.8310
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)4.02194.8310
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)4.02194.9100
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.43994.3240
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)4.02194.9370
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)4.10404.9370
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)4.19524.9370
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)4.42424.9370
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)4.44534.9630
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)5.31844.9630
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a4.9900
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a4.9900
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a5.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a5.4010
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.43994.3480
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a5.4120
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a5.4380
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a6.5740
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.54584.4430
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.65164.4430
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.65164.5410
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.70444.5410
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.73084.5410
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.73084.5410
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.33414.1180
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.33414.1180
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.33414.1180
Activate subscription to see all regions and unlock all features

Related Comparisons

Other instances worth weighing against these.