i4g.4xlargevsi4i.4xlarge

i4g.4xlarge is 10% cheaper than i4i.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $100.37 a month. They use different processor architectures (arm64 and x86_64), so software built for one may need rebuilding to run on the other.

At a glancei4g.4xlargei4i.4xlarge
On-demand$1.236/hr10% less$1.373/hr
Lowest rate$0.3315/hr37% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.5265/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 128 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Architecturearm64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optioni4g.4xlargei4i.4xlargei4i.4xlarge vs i4g.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.236$1.373▲ 11%
SpotCan be interrupted73% off$0.331562% off$0.5265▲ 59%
1-yr reservedNo upfront35% off$0.801835% off$0.891▲ 11%
3-yr reservedNo upfront54% off$0.571554% off$0.635▲ 11%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment22% off$0.962122% off$1.069▲ 11%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment44% off$0.685845% off$0.762▲ 11%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i4g.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.236 vs $1.373 per hour
10% cheaper
Physical cores16 vs 8
2× higher
Where i4i.4xlarge leads
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
40% higher

Specs

12 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differi4g.4xlargei4i.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores168
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerAWSIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchi4g.4xlargei4i.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
NetworkingAll 8 matchi4g.4xlargei4i.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline9.375 Gbps9.375 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage1 of 12 differi4g.4xlargei4i.4xlarge
Storage1 x 3750 SSD1 x 3750 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 3,750 GB SSD1 × 3,750 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth5,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput625 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,00020,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details3 of 10 differi4g.4xlargei4i.4xlarge
Familyi4gi4i
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for i4g.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regioni4g.4xlargei4i.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.236$1.373▲ 11%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.236$1.373▲ 11%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.236$1.373▲ 11%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$1.362$1.514▲ 11%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.362$1.514▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.481$1.646▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.481$1.646▲ 11%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.973$2.191▲ 11%

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.