m7a.4xlarge vs x8i.4xlarge
| m7a.4xlarge | x8i.4xlarge |
| General purpose | Memory optimized |
| Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends. m – Multi purpose 7 – Generation a – AMD processor 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 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 64 GiB | 256 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) |
| 3.7 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| 1 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| m7a.12xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m7a.32xlarge, m7a.48xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m7a.large, m7a.medium, m7a.metal-48xl, m7a.xlarge | x8i.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 |
| m5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlarge | |
| m7g.4xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m7i-flex.4xlarge, m7i.4xlarge | x8g.4xlarge |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | no |
| EBS only | EBS only |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 10000 MBps | up to 10000 MBps |
| 5000 Mbps | 5000 Mbps |
| 625 Mbps | 625 Mbps |
| 20000 IOPS | 20000 IOPS |
| 40000 IOPS | 40000 IOPS |
| 10000 Mbps | 10000 Mbps |
| 1250 Mbps | 1250 Mbps |
| Up to 12500 Megabit | Up to 15000 Megabit |
| yes | yes |
| 8 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 50 |
| 30 | 50 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 2.01x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | m7a.4xlarge | x8i.4xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.9853 | 1.8062 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 1.0336 | 1.9965 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 1.0336 | 2.1008 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 1.0722 | 2.1008 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 1.1109 | 2.2058 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 1.1592 | 2.4510 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 1.1978 | 2.5385 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 2.5385 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.9274 | 1.7506 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.9274 | 1.7506 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.9274 | 1.7506 |