t8i.medium vs x8g.medium

Instance Typet8i.mediumx8g.medium
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
medium – 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
medium – Size
vCPUs21
Memory4 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.9 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest8i.medium, t8i.micro, t8i.nano, t8i.smallx8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 5000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth347 Mbps315 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput43.375 Mbps39.375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance2000 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth5000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput625 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 6.25 GigabitUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces32
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface64
IPv6 Addresses per Interface64
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.95x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t8i.medium
x8g.medium
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.05380.1112
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.0624n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.0634n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.0634n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.0653n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.05380.1170
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.05470.1172
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.05570.1366
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.0566n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.0566n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.0570n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.0576n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.0595n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.04990.0977
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.04990.0977
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.04990.0977
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