x8i.metal-48xl vs x2iedn.metal

Instance Typex8i.metal-48xlx2iedn.metal
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
metal-48xl – Bare metal
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
metal – Bare metal
vCPUs192128
Memory3072 GiB4096 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.metal-48xlx2gd.metal, x2idn.metal, x2iezn.metal
RDSdb.x2iedn.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput60000 MBps80000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth60000 Mbps80000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput7500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance240000 IOPS260000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance240000 IOPS260000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth60000 Mbps80000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput7500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance75000 Megabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces2415
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.32x

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x8i.metal-48xl
x2iedn.metal
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USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)21.007726.6760
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)21.007726.6760
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)21.007726.6760
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