r5n.12xlarge vs x8i.12xlarge

Instance Typer5n.12xlargex8i.12xlarge
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
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – 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
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB768 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
Sizesr5n.12xlarge, r5n.16xlarge, r5n.24xlarge, r5n.2xlarge, r5n.4xlarge, r5n.8xlarge, r5n.large, r5n.metal, r5n.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
Generationsr5n.12xlarge, r6in.12xlarge, r8in.12xlarge
Variantsr5.12xlarge, r5a.12xlarge, r5ad.12xlarge, r5b.12xlarge, r5d.12xlarge, r5dn.12xlargex8aedz.12xlarge, x8g.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces812
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.60x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
r5n.12xlarge
x8i.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.67205.4187
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.27207.6154
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.27207.6154
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.29607.6154
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.29607.6154
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.344010.2415
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.3440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.7680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.8480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)5.6640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.81605.9894
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.91206.3024
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.00806.3024
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.05606.3024
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.20006.6154
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.20006.6173
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.20006.8539
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.27207.3529
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.57605.2519
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.57605.2519
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.57605.2519
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