x2iezn.12xlarge vs x1e.16xlarge

Instance Typex2iezn.12xlargex1e.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
2 – Generation
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – 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
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs4864
Memory1536 GiB1952 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx2iezn.12xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge, x2iezn.6xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge, x2iezn.metalx1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Variantsx2gd.12xlargex1.16xlarge
RDSdb.x2iezn.12xlargedb.x1e.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units179
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1920 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput19000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps7000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps7000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces158
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.47x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Shared Tenancy
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Geography
Region
x2iezn.12xlarge
x1e.16xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)12.0000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)12.306013.7600
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a19.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a19.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a19.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a26.0100
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)14.508014.6690
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a16.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a16.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a16.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a18.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a19.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a19.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a19.3440
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a13.3440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)10.008013.3440
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)10.008013.3440
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