i8g.2xlarge vs x8g.2xlarge

Instance Typei8g.2xlargex8g.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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB128 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.2xlarge, i8g.2xlarge
Variantsi8ge.2xlargex8i.2xlarge
OpenSearchi8g.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 1875GBEBS only
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 Performance10000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12 GigabitUp to 15 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 Diff1.00x1.12x

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i8g.2xlarge
x8g.2xlarge
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USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.68640.7816
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.68640.7816
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.68640.7816
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