x8i.48xlarge vs u-3tb1.56xlarge

Instance Typex8i.48xlargeu-3tb1.56xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsIn-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
48xlarge – Size
Large in-memory databases, such as SAP HANA production deployments.

u – Ultra high memory
56xlarge – Size
vCPUs192224
Memory3072 GiB3072 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Skylake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz2.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx8i.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.xlargeu-3tb1.56xlarge
Generationsu-3tb1.56xlarge, u-6tb1.56xlarge
Variantsx8g.48xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput60000 MBps19000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth60000 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput7500 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance240000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance240000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth60000 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput7500 Mbps2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance75000 Megabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces248
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6430
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6430
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.25x

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x8i.48xlarge
u-3tb1.56xlarge
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HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a43.5500
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HiddenHidden (hidden-5)26.469132.7150
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)27.415732.7165
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)29.411532.9300
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)30.461832.9333
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)30.461832.9335
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)21.007727.3000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)21.007727.3000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)21.007727.3000
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