r7i.4xlarge vs x2iezn.4xlarge

Instance Typer7i.4xlargex2iezn.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.

r – RAM / memory optimized
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
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
2 – Generation
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed3.2 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr7i.12xlarge, r7i.16xlarge, r7i.24xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r7i.48xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r7i.large, r7i.metal-24xl, r7i.metal-48xl, r7i.xlargex2iezn.12xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge, x2iezn.6xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge, x2iezn.metal
Generationsr6i.4xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r8i.4xlarge
Variantsr7a.4xlarge, r7g.4xlarge, r7gd.4xlarge, r7iz.4xlargex2gd.4xlarge, x2iedn.4xlarge
SageMakerml.r7i.4xlarge
RDSdb.r7i.4xlarge, db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x, db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.x2iezn.4xlarge
OpenSearchr7i.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.24x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
r7i.4xlarge
x2iezn.4xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a4.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.08534.1020
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.1844n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.1844n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.2684n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.2684n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.2684n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.2684n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.08534.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.3318n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.6884n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.0920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.0920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.1114n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.1256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.1491n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.1592n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.1760n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.0584n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.05843.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.05843.3360
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