r6i.24xlarge vs x8i.24xlarge

Instance Typer6i.24xlargex8i.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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
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
i – Intel processor
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory768 GiB1536 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6i.12xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6i.24xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6i.32xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6i.large, r6i.metal, r6i.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
Generationsr6i.24xlarge, r7i.24xlarge, r8i.24xlarge
Variantsr6a.24xlarge, r6id.24xlarge, r6idn.24xlarge, r6in.24xlargex8aedz.24xlarge, x8g.24xlarge
SageMakerml.r6i.24xlarge
RDSdb.r6i.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput30000 MBps30000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth30000 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput3750 Mbps3750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance120000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth30000 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3750 Mbps3750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance37500 Megabit40000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.85x

Regional Prices

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r6i.24xlarge
x8i.24xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)6.201610.8374
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)6.768015.2309
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)7.104015.2309
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)7.104015.2309
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)7.104015.2309
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)7.1064n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)7.2480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)7.2480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)7.2480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)7.2960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)7.2960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)6.201611.9789
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)7.2960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)7.2960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)7.2960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)7.4448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)7.4448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)8.0160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)8.0256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)8.0640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)9.6480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)6.240012.6048
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)6.240012.6048
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)6.350412.6048
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)6.432013.2307
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)6.624013.2346
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)6.624013.7078
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)6.720014.7058
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)6.048010.5038
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)6.048010.5038
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)6.048010.5038
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