r5dn.24xlarge vs x8g.24xlarge

Instance Typer5dn.24xlargex8g.24xlarge
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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
24xlarge – 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory768 GiB1536 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5dn.12xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5dn.large, r5dn.metal, r5dn.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Generationsr5dn.24xlarge, r6idn.24xlarge, r8idn.24xlarge
Variantsr5.24xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5ad.24xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5d.24xlarge, r5n.24xlargex8aedz.24xlarge, x8i.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage4 x 900 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput12000 MBps30720 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps3750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps3750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100 Gigabit40 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.15x

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r5dn.24xlarge
x8g.24xlarge
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HiddenHidden (hidden-8)9.6480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)9.6480n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)8.01609.3792
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)8.01609.3792
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)8.01609.3792
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