x2idn.24xlarge vs x8i.24xlarge

Instance Typex2idn.24xlargex8i.24xlarge
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
24xlarge – 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
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory1536 GiB1536 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
Variantsx2iedn.24xlargex8aedz.24xlarge, x8g.24xlarge
RDSdb.x2idn.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1425 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput61440 MBps30000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth60000 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput7500 Mbps3750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance260000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance260000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth60000 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput7500 Mbps3750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance75 Gigabit40000 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.24xlarge
x8i.24xlarge
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HiddenHidden (hidden-17)13.0552n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-25)14.5058n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-28)19.5075n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)11.004012.6048
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)11.408312.6048
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)12.004513.2346
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HiddenHidden (hidden-8)12.004515.2309
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)12.306015.2309
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)10.003510.5038
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)10.003510.5038
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)10.003510.5038
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