r5dn.xlarge vs x8i.xlarge

Instance Typer5dn.xlargex8i.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB64 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
Sizesr5dn.12xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5dn.large, r5dn.metal, r5dn.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
Generationsr5dn.xlarge, r6idn.xlarge, r8idn.xlarge
Variantsr5.xlarge, r5a.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5n.xlargex8aedz.xlarge, x8g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.41x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
r5dn.xlarge
x8i.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.35400.4516
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.40600.6346
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.40800.6346
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44200.6346
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.6346
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.37200.4991
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.39200.5252
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.39200.5252
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.39800.5252
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.39800.5513
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.40000.5514
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.40200.5712
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.40200.6127
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.33400.4377
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.33400.4377
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.33400.4377
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