r8ib.32xlarge vs x1.32xlarge

Instance Typer8ib.32xlargex1.32xlarge
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
i – Intel processor
b – EBS optimized
32xlarge – 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
32xlarge – Size
vCPUs128128
Memory1024 GiB1952 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8ib.12xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge, r8ib.24xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8ib.32xlarge, r8ib.48xlarge, r8ib.4xlarge, r8ib.8xlarge, r8ib.96xlarge, r8ib.large, r8ib.metal-48xl, r8ib.metal-96xl, r8ib.xlargex1.16xlarge, x1.32xlarge
Generationsx1.32xlarge, x8i.32xlarge
Variantsr8i.32xlarge, r8id.32xlarge, r8idb.32xlarge, r8idn.32xlarge, r8in.32xlargex1e.32xlarge
RDSdb.x1.32xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units349
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1920 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput100000 MBps14000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth100000 Mbps14000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput12500 Mbps1750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance480000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance480000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth100000 Mbps14000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput12500 Mbps1750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance133.33 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces168
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6430
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6430
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

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r8ib.32xlarge
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USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)13.388813.3380
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USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)13.388813.3380
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