i8g.4xlarge vs x8g.4xlarge

Instance Typei8g.4xlargex8g.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB256 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.4xlarge, i8g.4xlarge
Variantsx8i.4xlarge
OpenSearchi8g.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 3750GBEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 15 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 Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

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i8g.4xlarge
x8g.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.43521.7797
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.6128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.6368n/a
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)1.51281.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.51281.8758
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.51282.1848
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.5576n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.5928n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.5928n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.6104n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.6104n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.37281.5632
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.37281.5632
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.37281.5632
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