x8i.48xlarge vs u-6tb1.56xlarge

Instance Typex8i.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
i – Intel processor
48xlarge – Size
Large in-memory databases, such as SAP HANA production deployments.

u – Ultra high memory
56xlarge – Size
vCPUs192224
Memory3072 GiB6144 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Skylake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz2.1 GHz
Threads Per Core21
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-6tb1.112xlarge, u-6tb1.56xlarge, u-6tb1.metal
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 MBps38000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth60000 Mbps38000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput7500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance240000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance240000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth60000 Mbps38000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput7500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance75000 Megabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces2415
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.09x

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x8i.48xlarge
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