i8g.4xlarge vs im4gn.4xlarge

Instance Typei8g.4xlargeim4gn.4xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedStorage 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
4xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.5 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.xlargeim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge
Generationsi4g.4xlarge, i8g.4xlarge
OpenSearchi8g.4xlarge.searchim4gn.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 3750GB1 x 7500 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBps9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

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i8g.4xlarge
im4gn.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.43521.6044
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.61281.7443
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.63681.7443
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.6456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.6456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.6456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.6544n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.6544n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.51281.6044
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.51281.6044
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.51281.6520
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.55761.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.59281.6884
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.59281.6884
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.61041.7070
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.61041.7350
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.37281.4552
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.37281.4552
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.37281.4552
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