r8a.metal-48xl vs x8i.metal-48xl

Instance Typer8a.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xl
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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
metal-48xl – Bare metal
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
metal-48xl – Bare metal
vCPUs192192
Memory1536 GiB3072 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.9 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.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
Generationsr7a.metal-48xl, r8a.metal-48xl
Variantsr8g.metal-48xl, r8gb.metal-48xl, r8gd.metal-48xl, r8gn.metal-48xl, r8i.metal-48xl, r8ib.metal-48xl, r8id.metal-48xl, r8idb.metal-48xl, r8idn.metal-48xl, r8in.metal-48xlx8g.metal-48xl
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput60000 MBps60000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth60000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput7500 Mbps7500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance240000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance240000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth60000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput7500 Mbps7500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance75000 Megabit75000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces2424
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.55x

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