i8ge.3xlarge vs x8aedz.3xlarge

Accelerators
Instance Type	i8ge.3xlarge	x8aedz.3xlarge
Instance Family	Storage optimized	Memory optimized
Details	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 3xlarge – 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 a – AMD processor e – Extra storage or memory d – Instance store volume z – High performance 3xlarge – Size
vCPUs	12	12
Memory	96 GiB	384 GiB
CPU Architecture	arm64	n/a
Processor	AWS Graviton4 Processor	AMD EPYC 9R05 Processor
Clock Speed	2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core	1	0
GPU	no	no
Inference Accelerator	no	no
FPGA	no	no
Instances
Sizes	i8ge.12xlarge, i8ge.18xlarge, i8ge.24xlarge, i8ge.2xlarge, i8ge.3xlarge, i8ge.48xlarge, i8ge.6xlarge, i8ge.large, i8ge.metal-24xl, i8ge.metal-48xl, i8ge.xlarge	x8aedz.12xlarge, x8aedz.24xlarge, x8aedz.3xlarge, x8aedz.6xlarge, x8aedz.large, x8aedz.metal-12xl, x8aedz.metal-24xl, x8aedz.xlarge
Free Tier	no	no
Burstable	no	no
Hibernation	yes	no
Instance Storage	1 x 7500 NVMe SSD	1 x 950 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimized	default
Encryption	supported
NVMe	required
Dedicated Throughput	up to 10240 MBps	up to 15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth	3750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput	468.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance	15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance	40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth	10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput	1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance	Up to 25 Gigabit	Up to 18750 Megabit
Enhanced Networking	yes	yes
Max Interfaces	6
Max Cards	1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface	30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface	30
IPv6 Support	yes	no
ENA Support	required
EFA Support	no	no
Encryption in Transit Support	yes	no
ENA SRD Support	no	no
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	2.85x

Regional Prices

Geography	Region	i8ge.3xlarge	x8aedz.3xlarge
Asia Pacific	Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)	n/a	3.5554
Asia Pacific	Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)	n/a	5.0051
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	1.7010	5.0051
US	US East (Ohio) (us-east-2)	1.4238	n/a
US	US East (Virginia) (us-east-1)	1.4238	n/a
US	US West (Oregon) (us-west-2)	1.4238	3.4518