im4gn.4xlarge vs x8i.4xlarge

Instance Typeim4gn.4xlargex8i.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB256 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.4xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 7500 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput9500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.33x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
im4gn.4xlarge
x8i.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.60441.8062
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.74432.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.74432.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.60441.9965
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.60442.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.65202.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.68802.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.68842.2051
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.68842.2058
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.70702.2846
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.73502.4510
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.45521.7506
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.45521.7506
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.45521.7506
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