x8i.2xlarge vs x2iedn.2xlarge

Instance Typex8i.2xlargex2iedn.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory128 GiB256 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.2xlargex2gd.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge
RDSdb.x2iedn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 237 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS16250 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.98x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
x8i.2xlarge
x2iedn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.90311.7203
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.26922.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.26922.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.1675
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.1759
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.1759
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.3343
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.3810
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a2.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.99821.7203
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a2.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a2.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a2.4178
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a2.5677
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a3.2513
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.05041.8340
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.05041.9014
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.10292.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.14232.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.22552.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.26922.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.26922.1001
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.87531.6673
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.87531.6673
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.87531.6673
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