r9gd.24xlarge vs x8i.24xlarge

Instance Typer9gd.24xlargex8i.24xlarge
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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
24xlarge – 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
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory768 GiB1536 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr9gd.12xlarge, r9gd.16xlarge, r9gd.24xlarge, r9gd.2xlarge, r9gd.48xlarge, r9gd.4xlarge, r9gd.8xlarge, r9gd.large, r9gd.medium, r9gd.metal-48xl, r9gd.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
Generationsr8gd.24xlarge, r9gd.24xlarge
Variantsr9g.24xlargex8aedz.24xlarge, x8g.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage3 x 1900 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput36000 MBps30000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth36000 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput4500 Mbps3750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance144000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance144000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth36000 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput4500 Mbps3750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit40000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces2416
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.61x

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r9gd.24xlarge
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USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)7.688610.5038
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