x8g.large vs i8ge.large

Instance Typex8g.largei8ge.large
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsIn-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
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory32 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlargei8ge.12xlarge, i8ge.18xlarge, i8ge.24xlarge, i8ge.2xlarge, i8ge.3xlarge, i8ge.48xlarge, i8ge.6xlarge, i8ge.large, i8ge.metal-24xl, i8ge.metal-48xl, i8ge.xlarge
Variantsx8aedz.large, x8i.largei8g.large
OpenSearchi8ge.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1250 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth630 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput78.75 Mbps78.125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12.5 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x8g.large
i8ge.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.22250.2489
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.2793
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.2835
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.2846
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.2846
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.2867
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.2867
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.3134
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23400.2562
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23450.2562
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.27310.2625
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.2625
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.2699
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.2762
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.2762
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.2793
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.19540.2373
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.19540.2373
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.19540.2373
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