r6in.4xlarge vs x8i.4xlarge

Instance Typer6in.4xlargex8i.4xlarge
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.

rRAM / memory optimized
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB256 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
Sizesr6in.12xlarge, r6in.16xlarge, r6in.24xlarge, r6in.2xlarge, r6in.32xlarge, r6in.4xlarge, r6in.8xlarge, r6in.large, r6in.metal, r6in.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
Generationsr6in.4xlarge, r8in.4xlarge
Variantsr6a.4xlarge, r6g.4xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6id.4xlarge, r6idn.4xlargex8g.4xlarge
RDSdb.r6in.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1562.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance50000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance100000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 50000 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.26x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
r6in.4xlarge
x8i.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.48821.8062
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.56311.9965
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.66612.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.66612.2058
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.67542.4510
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.6942n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.6942n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.39461.7506
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.39461.7506
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.39461.7506
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