x8i.xlarge vs is4gen.xlarge

Instance Typex8i.xlargeis4gen.xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsIn-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
xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

is – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to six ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory64 GiB24 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.9 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx8i.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.xlargeis4gen.2xlarge, is4gen.4xlarge, is4gen.8xlarge, is4gen.large, is4gen.medium, is4gen.xlarge
Variantsx8aedz.xlarge, x8g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 3750 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
x8i.xlarge
is4gen.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.45160.6375
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.6346n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.6346n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.6346n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.6346n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.49910.6375
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.52520.6550
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.52520.6707
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.52520.6707
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.55130.6783
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.55140.6885
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.57120.6911
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.61270.6911
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.43770.5763
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.43770.5763
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.43770.5763
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