i7i.metal-48xl vs x8g.metal-48xl

Instance Typei7i.metal-48xlx8g.metal-48xl
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
metal-48xl – Bare metal
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
g – AWS Graviton processor
metal-48xl – Bare metal
vCPUs192192
Memory1536 GiB3072 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.4 GHz2.7 GHz
Threads Per Core21
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.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Variantsi7ie.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xl
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage12 x 3750 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput61440 MBps40960 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth60000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput7500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance240000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance240000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth60000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput7500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 100 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

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i7i.metal-48xl
x8g.metal-48xl
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