i4i.8xlarge vs x8i.8xlarge

Instance Typei4i.8xlargex8i.8xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedMemory 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
i – Intel processor
8xlarge – Size
In-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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesi4i.12xlarge, i4i.16xlarge, i4i.24xlarge, i4i.2xlarge, i4i.32xlarge, i4i.4xlarge, i4i.8xlarge, i4i.large, i4i.metal, i4i.xlargex8i.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.xlarge
Generationsi4i.8xlarge, i7i.8xlarge
Variantsi4g.8xlargex8g.8xlarge
OpenSearchi4i.8xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 3750 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces810
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.36x

Regional Prices

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i4i.8xlarge
x8i.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.86903.6125
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.02705.0770
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.11505.0770
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.1150n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.1790n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.1860n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.1860n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.1860n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.2210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.2210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.2210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.88303.9930
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.2740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.2910n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.2910n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.2910n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.2910n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.3090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.3090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)3.3260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)3.3260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)3.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.89904.2016
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)3.6010n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)3.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)3.6260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)4.3820n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.96204.2016
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.96204.4115
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.02704.5693
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.02704.9019
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.02705.0770
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.02705.0770
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.74603.5013
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.74603.5013
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.74603.5013
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