im4gn.2xlarge vs x8i.2xlarge

Instance Typeim4gn.2xlargex8i.2xlarge
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.

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
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB128 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.2xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 3750 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 9500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.33x

Regional Prices

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im4gn.2xlarge
x8i.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.80220.9031
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.87221.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.87221.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.80220.9982
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.80221.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.82601.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.84401.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.84421.1026
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.84421.1029
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.85351.1423
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.86751.2255
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.72760.8753
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.72760.8753
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.72760.8753
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