x8g.metal-48xl vs x8i.metal-48xl

Instance Typex8g.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xl
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
g – AWS Graviton 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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
metal-48xl – Bare metal
vCPUs192192
Memory3072 GiB3072 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlargex8i.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.xlarge
Variantsx8i.metal-48xlx8g.metal-48xl
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput40960 MBps60000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth40000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput5000 Mbps7500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance240000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance240000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth40000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput5000 Mbps7500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit75000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1524
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

Geography
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USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)18.758421.0077
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)18.758421.0077
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