r8g.2xlarge vs i7i.2xlarge

Instance Typer8g.2xlargei7i.2xlarge
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
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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.4 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8g.12xlarge, r8g.16xlarge, r8g.24xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8g.48xlarge, r8g.4xlarge, r8g.8xlarge, r8g.large, r8g.medium, r8g.metal-24xl, r8g.metal-48xl, r8g.xlargei7i.12xlarge, i7i.16xlarge, i7i.24xlarge, i7i.2xlarge, i7i.48xlarge, i7i.4xlarge, i7i.8xlarge, i7i.large, i7i.metal-24xl, i7i.metal-48xl, i7i.xlarge
Generationsr6g.2xlarge, r7g.2xlarge, r8g.2xlargei4i.2xlarge, i7i.2xlarge
Variantsr8a.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlargei7ie.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r8g.2xlarge
RDSdb.r8g.2xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r8g.2xlarge
OpenSearchr8g.2xlarge.searchi7i.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r8g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1875 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
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 Diff1.00x1.63x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
r8g.2xlarge
i7i.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3303n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3303n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.55350.8760
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.56470.8857
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.56480.8857
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.56480.8857
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.56480.9002
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.56850.9051
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HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.56850.9099
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.56850.9099
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.58010.9148
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.59300.9903
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.62480.9922
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.62540.9970
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.62831.2052
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.48320.8146
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.7499n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.49480.8325
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.50120.8325
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HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.51620.8325
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USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.7550
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.47130.7550
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.7550
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