x2gd.12xlarge vs x8i.12xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.12xlargex8i.12xlarge
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
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory768 GiB768 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlargex8i.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
Variantsx2iezn.12xlargex8aedz.12xlarge, x8g.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1425 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput14250 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth14250 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1781.25 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth14250 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1781.25 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces812
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.55x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
x2gd.12xlarge
x8i.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.80005.4187
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a7.6154
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a7.6154
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a5.9894
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a6.3024
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a6.3024
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a6.6173
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a6.8539
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a7.3529
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a7.6154
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a7.6154
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.00805.2519
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.00805.2519
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.00805.2519
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