x8i.8xlarge vs x2iezn.8xlarge

Instance Typex8i.8xlargex2iezn.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory512 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed3.9 GHz4.5 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.xlargex2iezn.12xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge, x2iezn.6xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge, x2iezn.metal
Variantsx8g.8xlargex2gd.8xlarge, x2iedn.8xlarge
RDSdb.x2iezn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps12000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS55000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS55000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance15000 Megabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces108
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.81x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x8i.8xlarge
x2iezn.8xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a8.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.61258.2040
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)5.0770n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.99309.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.2016n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.2016n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.2016n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.4102n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.4115n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.5693n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.9019n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.5013n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.50136.6720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.50136.6720
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