r8id.metal-96xl vs x8i.metal-96xl

Instance Typer8id.metal-96xlx8i.metal-96xl
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
metal-96xl – 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-96xl – Bare metal
vCPUs384384
Memory3072 GiB6144 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
Variantsr8i.metal-96xl
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage6 x 3800 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput80000 MBps80000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth80000 Mbps80000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance480000 IOPS480000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance480000 IOPS480000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth80000 Mbps80000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100000 Megabit100000 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 Diff1.00x1.48x

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