x8i.16xlarge vs x2iedn.16xlarge

Instance Typex8i.16xlargex2iedn.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
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
2 – Generation
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory1024 GiB2048 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx8i.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.xlargex2iedn.16xlarge, x2iedn.24xlarge, x2iedn.2xlarge, x2iedn.32xlarge, x2iedn.4xlarge, x2iedn.8xlarge, x2iedn.metal, x2iedn.xlarge
Variantsx8g.16xlargex2gd.16xlarge, x2idn.16xlarge
RDSdb.x2iedn.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps40000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS130000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS130000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance30000 Megabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1615
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.98x

Regional Prices

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x8i.16xlarge
x2iedn.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)7.225013.7620
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)10.153916.8060
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)10.153916.8060
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a17.3400
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a17.4069
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a17.4069
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a18.6740
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a19.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a19.3410
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a19.3410
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a19.3410
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)7.985913.7620
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a19.3410
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a19.3410
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a19.3420
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a20.5414
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a26.0100
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)8.403214.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)8.403215.2115
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)8.823016.0060
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)9.138616.0060
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)9.803816.0060
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)10.153916.0060
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)10.153916.8005
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)7.002613.3380
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)7.002613.3380
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)7.002613.3380
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