inf1.2xlarge vs x8i.2xlarge

Instance Typeinf1.2xlargex8i.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMachine Learning ASICMemory optimized
DetailsMachine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
1 – Generation
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
Memory16 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275CL (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratoryesno
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesinf1.24xlarge, inf1.2xlarge, inf1.6xlarge, inf1.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
SageMakerml.inf1.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput875 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1190 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput148.75 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.47x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
inf1.2xlarge
x8i.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.38100.9031
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.44601.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.45301.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.45301.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.45601.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4890n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4890n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5980n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.38500.9982
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.40301.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40301.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.42301.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.42401.1026
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.42401.1029
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.43501.1423
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.44401.2255
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.36200.8753
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.36200.8753
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.36200.8753
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