im4gn.16xlarge vs x8i.16xlarge

Instance Typeim4gn.16xlargex8i.16xlarge
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.

imIOPS / 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
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlargex8i.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
Variantsx8g.16xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.16xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage4 x 7500 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput38000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth40000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput5000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance160000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance160000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth40000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput5000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100 Gigabit30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
im4gn.16xlarge
x8i.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)6.41767.9859
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)6.9773n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)6.9773n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)6.41779.8038
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)6.4177n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)6.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)6.7520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)6.7535n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)6.7535n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)6.8281n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)6.9400n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)5.82077.0026
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)5.82077.0026
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)5.82077.0026
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