u-3tb1.56xlarge vs x8i.64xlarge

Instance Typeu-3tb1.56xlargex8i.64xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsLarge in-memory databases, such as SAP HANA production deployments.

u – Ultra high memory
56xlarge – 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
64xlarge – Size
vCPUs224256
Memory3072 GiB4096 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Skylake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesu-3tb1.56xlargex8i.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
Generationsu-3tb1.56xlarge, u-6tb1.56xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput19000 MBps70000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps70000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps8750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS320000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS320000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps70000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps8750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit80000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces824
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.07x

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u-3tb1.56xlarge
x8i.64xlarge
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HiddenHidden (hidden-11)36.226940.6157
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)43.5500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)30.550031.9437
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)32.077533.6128
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)32.077533.6128
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)32.715035.2922
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)32.716536.5542
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)32.930039.2154
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)32.933340.6157
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)32.933540.6157
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)27.300028.0102
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)27.300028.0102
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)27.300028.0102
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