r8id.12xlarge vs x8i.12xlarge

Instance Typer8id.12xlargex8i.12xlarge
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
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – 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
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB768 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8id.12xlarge, r8id.16xlarge, r8id.24xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8id.32xlarge, r8id.48xlarge, r8id.4xlarge, r8id.8xlarge, r8id.96xlarge, r8id.large, r8id.metal-48xl, r8id.metal-96xl, r8id.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
Generationsr6id.12xlarge, r8id.12xlarge
Variantsr8a.12xlarge, r8g.12xlarge, r8gb.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge, r8gn.12xlarge, r8i-flex.12xlarge, r8i.12xlargex8aedz.12xlarge, x8g.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 2850 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance22500 Megabit22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1212
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.34x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
r8id.12xlarge
x8i.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.43525.9894
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.79577.3529
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.8233n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.99175.2519
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.99175.2519
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.99175.2519
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