x8g.48xlarge vs u-6tb1.56xlarge

Instance Typex8g.48xlargeu-6tb1.56xlarge
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
g – AWS Graviton processor
48xlarge – Size
Large in-memory databases, such as SAP HANA production deployments.

u – Ultra high memory
56xlarge – Size
vCPUs192224
Memory3072 GiB6144 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Skylake)
Clock Speed2.7 GHz2.1 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlargeu-6tb1.112xlarge, u-6tb1.56xlarge, u-6tb1.metal
Generationsu-3tb1.56xlarge, u-6tb1.56xlarge
Variantsx8i.48xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput40960 MBps38000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth40000 Mbps38000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput5000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance240000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance240000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth40000 Mbps38000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput5000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.55x

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