i8g.16xlarge vs x8g.16xlarge

Instance Typei8g.16xlargex8g.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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton 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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesi8g.12xlarge, i8g.16xlarge, i8g.24xlarge, i8g.2xlarge, i8g.48xlarge, i8g.4xlarge, i8g.8xlarge, i8g.large, i8g.metal-24xl, i8g.metal-48xl, i8g.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
Generationsi4g.16xlarge, i8g.16xlarge
Variantsx8i.16xlarge
OpenSearchi8g.16xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage4 x 3750GBEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps20480 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 37.5 Gigabit30 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
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 Diff1.00x1.12x

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i8g.16xlarge
x8g.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)5.74087.1187
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)6.4512n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)6.5472n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)6.5824n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)6.5824n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)6.5824n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)6.6176n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)6.6176n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)8.7680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)6.05127.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)6.05127.5034
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)6.05128.7392
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)6.2304n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)6.3712n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)6.3712n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)6.4416n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)6.4416n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)5.49126.2528
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)5.49126.2528
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)5.49126.2528
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