t2.2xlarge vs x8i.2xlarge

Instance Typet2.2xlargex8i.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
2 – Generation
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest2.2xlarge, t2.large, t2.medium, t2.micro, t2.nano, t2.small, t2.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
Generationst2.2xlarge, t3.2xlarge
Variantsx8g.2xlarge
SageMakerml.t2.2xlarge
RDSdb.t2.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces34
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.48x

Regional Prices

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t2.2xlarge
x8i.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.39680.9031
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.46721.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.46721.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4864n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4864n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.5952n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.40320.9982
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.40961.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.42241.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.42241.1029
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.42881.1423
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.43521.2255
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.44161.2692
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.46081.2692
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.37120.8753
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.37120.8753
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.37120.8753
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