m9gd.12xlarge vs x8i.12xlarge

Instance Typem9gd.12xlargex8i.12xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – 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
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB768 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm9gd.12xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge, m9gd.24xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge, m9gd.48xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge, m9gd.large, m9gd.medium, m9gd.metal-48xl, m9gd.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
Generationsm6gd.12xlarge, m7gd.12xlarge, m8gd.12xlarge, m9gd.12xlarge
Variantsm9g.12xlargex8aedz.12xlarge, x8g.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 2850 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth18000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2250 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance72000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance72000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth18000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2250 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1212
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.05x

Regional Prices

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m9gd.12xlarge
x8i.12xlarge
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HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a7.6154
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a7.6154
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.01685.2519
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.01685.2519
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.01685.2519
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