r5b.2xlarge vs x8i.2xlarge

Instance Typer5b.2xlargex8i.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5b.12xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5b.large, r5b.metal, r5b.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
Generationsr5b.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge
Variantsr5.2xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5n.2xlargex8g.2xlarge
RDSdb.r5b.2xlarge, db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x, db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x, db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 128000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance21667 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance43333 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.57x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r5b.2xlarge
x8i.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.63180.9031
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.72401.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.94801.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.65200.9982
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.66801.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.70001.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.70001.1029
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.71201.1423
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.71201.2255
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.71201.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.72401.2692
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.59600.8753
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.59600.8753
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.59600.8753
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