t4g.xlarge vs x8i.xlarge

Instance Typet4g.xlargex8i.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest4g.2xlarge, t4g.large, t4g.medium, t4g.micro, t4g.nano, t4g.small, t4g.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
Variantsx8aedz.xlarge, x8g.xlarge
RDSdb.t4g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2780 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth695 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput86.875 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance15700 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2780 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput347.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 5 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.49x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t4g.xlarge
x8i.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0896n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0896n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.13440.4516
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.15040.6346
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.15260.6346
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.15260.6346
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.15360.6346
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1536n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1546n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1555n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1568n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1568n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.13440.4991
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1606n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1632n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1664n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1690n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1696n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1696n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1696n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1696n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.1728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.1734n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.13760.5252
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.1741n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.1782n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.1856n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.2144n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.14110.5252
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.14720.5252
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.14720.5513
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.14720.5514
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.14720.5712
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.15040.6127
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.4377
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.13440.4377
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.4377
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