im4gn.16xlarge vs x8i.16xlarge
| im4gn.16xlarge | x8i.16xlarge |
| Storage optimized | Memory optimized |
| 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 16xlarge – 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 i – Intel processor 16xlarge – Size |
| 64 | 64 |
| 256 GiB | 1024 GiB |
| arm64 | x86_64 |
| AWS Graviton2 Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) |
| 2.5 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| 1 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| im4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge | x8i.12xlarge, x8i.16xlarge, x8i.24xlarge, x8i.2xlarge, x8i.32xlarge, x8i.48xlarge, x8i.4xlarge, x8i.64xlarge, x8i.8xlarge, x8i.96xlarge, x8i.large, x8i.metal-48xl, x8i.metal-96xl, x8i.xlarge |
| x8g.16xlarge | |
| im4gn.16xlarge.search | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 4 x 7500 SSD | EBS only |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| 38000 MBps | 20000 MBps |
| 40000 Mbps | 20000 Mbps |
| 5000 Mbps | 2500 Mbps |
| 160000 IOPS | 80000 IOPS |
| 160000 IOPS | 80000 IOPS |
| 40000 Mbps | 20000 Mbps |
| 5000 Mbps | 2500 Mbps |
| 100 Gigabit | 30000 Megabit |
| yes | yes |
| 15 | 16 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 50 | 64 |
| 50 | 64 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| yes | no |
| 1 | |
| yes | yes |
| yes | no |
| 1.00x | 1.19x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | im4gn.16xlarge | x8i.16xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 6.4176 | 7.9859 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 6.9773 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 6.9773 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 6.4177 | 9.8038 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 6.4177 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 6.6080 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 6.7520 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 6.7535 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 6.7535 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 6.8281 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 6.9400 | n/a |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 5.8207 | 7.0026 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 5.8207 | 7.0026 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 5.8207 | 7.0026 |