r8a.4xlarge vs x1e.4xlarge

Instance Typer8a.4xlargex1e.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
8 – Generation
a – AMD 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
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB488 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorHigh Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.48xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.large, r8a.medium, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Generationsr5a.4xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r8a.4xlarge
Variantsr8g.4xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gn.4xlarge, r8i-flex.4xlarge, r8i.4xlarge, r8ib.4xlarge, r8id.4xlarge, r8idb.4xlarge, r8idn.4xlarge, r8in.4xlarge
RDSdb.r8a.4xlargedb.x1e.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units47
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 480 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps1750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps1750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps218.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps1750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps218.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface4015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.10x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
r8a.4xlarge
x1e.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.43023.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a6.5020
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.43023.6670
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.54184.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.54184.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a4.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a4.6680
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.7600
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a4.8360
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.27813.3360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.27813.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.27813.3360
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