inf1.2xlarge vs i8ge.2xlarge

Instance Typeinf1.2xlargei8ge.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMachine Learning ASICStorage optimized
DetailsMachine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
NoSQL 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
e – Extra storage or memory
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275CL (Cascade Lake)AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratoryesno
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesinf1.24xlarge, inf1.2xlarge, inf1.6xlarge, inf1.xlargei8ge.12xlarge, i8ge.18xlarge, i8ge.24xlarge, i8ge.2xlarge, i8ge.3xlarge, i8ge.48xlarge, i8ge.6xlarge, i8ge.large, i8ge.metal-24xl, i8ge.metal-48xl, i8ge.xlarge
Variantsi8g.2xlarge
SageMakerml.inf1.2xlarge
OpenSearchi8ge.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 2500 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput875 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1190 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput148.75 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.46x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
inf1.2xlarge
i8ge.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.38100.9954
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.44601.1172
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.45301.1340
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.45301.1382
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.45601.1382
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.45601.1466
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.48901.1466
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.48901.2537
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5980n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.38501.0248
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.40301.0248
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40301.0500
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.42301.0500
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.42401.0794
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.42401.1046
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.43501.1046
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.44401.1172
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.36200.9492
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.36200.9492
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.36200.9492
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