i8g.2xlarge vs x2iedn.2xlarge

Instance Typei8g.2xlargex2iedn.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – 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
e – Extra storage or memory
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
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.xlargex2iedn.16xlarge, x2iedn.24xlarge, x2iedn.2xlarge, x2iedn.32xlarge, x2iedn.4xlarge, x2iedn.8xlarge, x2iedn.metal, x2iedn.xlarge
Generationsi4g.2xlarge, i8g.2xlarge
Variantsi8ge.2xlargex2gd.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge
RDSdb.x2iedn.2xlarge
OpenSearchi8g.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 1875GB1 x 237 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS16250 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
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 Diff1.00x2.71x

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i8g.2xlarge
x2iedn.2xlarge
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HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.81842.1008
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HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a3.2513
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HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.80522.1001
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.68641.6673
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.68641.6673
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.68641.6673
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