x8i.xlarge vs x2iedn.xlarge

Instance Typex8i.xlargex2iedn.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory64 GiB128 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
Variantsx8aedz.xlarge, x8g.xlargex2gd.xlarge
RDSdb.x2iedn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 118 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS8125 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 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 Diff1.00x1.92x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x8i.xlarge
x2iedn.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.45160.8601
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.63461.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.63461.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.63461.0838
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.63461.0879
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.85351.0879
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.1671
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.1905
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.2088
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.2088
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.2088
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.49910.8601
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.2088
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.2088
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.2089
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.2838
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.6256
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.52520.9170
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.52520.9507
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.52521.0004
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.55131.0004
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.55141.0004
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.57121.0004
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.61271.0500
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.43770.8336
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.43770.8336
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.43770.8336
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