x1.16xlarge vs x8i.16xlarge

Instance Typex1.16xlargex8i.16xlarge
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
1 – Generation
16xlarge – 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
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory976 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorHigh Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx1.16xlarge, x1.32xlargex8i.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
Generationsx1.16xlarge, x8i.16xlarge
Variantsx1e.16xlargex8g.16xlarge
RDSdb.x1.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units174.5
Instance Storage1 x 1920 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth7000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput875 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth7000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput875 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHigh30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces816
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x1.16xlarge
x8i.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)6.88107.2250
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)9.671010.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)9.671010.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)9.671010.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)9.671010.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)9.671013.6554
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)10.6380n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)13.0050n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)7.33607.9859
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)8.00308.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)8.00308.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)8.00308.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)8.40308.8205
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)8.40308.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)9.33709.1386
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)9.52409.8038
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)6.66907.0026
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)6.66907.0026
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)6.66907.0026
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