x2idn.16xlarge vs x8i.16xlarge

Instance Typex2idn.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
2 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
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
Memory1024 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx2idn.16xlarge, x2idn.24xlarge, x2idn.32xlarge, x2idn.metalx8i.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
Variantsx2gd.16xlarge, x2iedn.16xlargex8g.16xlarge
RDSdb.x2idn.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 1900 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput40960 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth40000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput5000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance173333 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance173333 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth40000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput5000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

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x2idn.16xlarge
x8i.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)6.88107.2250
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)8.204010.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)8.400510.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)8.4030n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)8.4030n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)8.4032n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)8.6700n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)8.7035n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)8.7035n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)9.3370n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)9.5240n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-25)9.6705n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)9.6710n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)10.2707n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)13.0050n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)7.33608.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)7.60558.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)8.00308.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)8.00309.1386
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)8.00309.8038
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)8.003010.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)8.204010.1539
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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