x2idn.32xlarge vs x8i.32xlarge

Instance Typex2idn.32xlargex8i.32xlarge
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
32xlarge – 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
32xlarge – Size
vCPUs128128
Memory2048 GiB2048 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.32xlarge
RDSdb.x2idn.32xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput81920 MBps40000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth80000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput10000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance260000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance260000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth80000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput10000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100 Gigabit50000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1524
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

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x2idn.32xlarge
x8i.32xlarge
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USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)13.338014.0051
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