x8i.xlarge vs p2.xlarge

Instance Typex8i.xlargep2.xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGPU instance
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
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
2 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory64 GiB61 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
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.xlargep2.16xlarge, p2.8xlarge, p2.xlarge
Variantsx8aedz.xlarge, x8g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units16
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.36x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x8i.xlarge
p2.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.45160.9720
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)0.49911.0800
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.52521.3260
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.52521.4650
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.52521.5420
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.55131.5420
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.55141.7180
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.57121.7180
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.6127n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.43770.9000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.43770.9000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.43770.9000
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