x8i.16xlarge vs p3.16xlarge

Instance Typex8i.16xlargep3.16xlarge
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
16xlarge – Size
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
3 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory1024 GiB488 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
GPUs8
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory128 GiB
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.xlargep3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge
Generationsp2.16xlarge, p3.16xlarge
Variantsx8g.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units201
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps14000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance30000 Megabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces16
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface64
IPv6 Addresses per Interface64
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.37x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
x8i.16xlarge
p3.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)7.225026.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)10.1539n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)10.1539n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)10.1539n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)10.1539n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)7.985926.9280
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)8.403228.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)8.403229.3760
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)8.403230.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)8.820533.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)8.823033.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)9.138633.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)9.803833.8720
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)7.002624.4800
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)7.002624.4800
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)7.002624.4800
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