i7i.16xlarge vs x2idn.16xlarge

Instance Typei7i.16xlargex2idn.16xlarge
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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
16xlarge – 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
2 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed2.4 GHz3.5 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.xlargex2idn.16xlarge, x2idn.24xlarge, x2idn.32xlarge, x2idn.metal
Generationsi4i.16xlarge, i7i.16xlarge
Variantsx2gd.16xlarge, x2iedn.16xlarge
RDSdb.x2idn.16xlarge
OpenSearchi7i.16xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage4 x 3750 NVMe SSD1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20480 MBps40960 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS173333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS173333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 37.5 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

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i7i.16xlarge
x2idn.16xlarge
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USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)6.04036.6690
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)6.04036.6690
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