r6gd.2xlarge vs x8i.2xlarge

Instance Typer6gd.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
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
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 Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6gd.12xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6gd.large, r6gd.medium, r6gd.metal, r6gd.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
Generationsr6gd.2xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge
Variantsr6a.2xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6in.2xlargex8g.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r6gd.2xlarge
RDSdb.r6gd.2xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6gd.2xlarge
OpenSearchr6gd.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6gd.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 475 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 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 Diff1.00x2.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6gd.2xlarge
x8i.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2990n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.46080.9031
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.55361.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.55361.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5536n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.5560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.5560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.5560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.5560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5568n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.6072n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.48640.9982
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.7296n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.50561.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.51201.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.51201.1029
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.52001.1423
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.54081.2255
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.54081.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.55201.2692
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.46080.8753
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.46080.8753
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.8753
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