i4g.8xlargevsi4i.8xlarge

i4g.8xlarge is 10% cheaper than i4i.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $200.75 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.8xlargei4i.8xlarge
On-demand$2.471/hr10% less$2.746/hr
Lowest rate$0.9114/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.823/hr10% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 256 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 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.8xlargei4i.8xlargei4i.8xlarge vs i4g.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.471$2.746▲ 11%
SpotCan be interrupted63% off$0.911470% off$0.823▼ 10%
1-yr reservedNo upfront35% off$1.60435% off$1.782▲ 11%
3-yr reservedNo upfront54% off$1.14354% off$1.27▲ 11%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment22% off$1.92422% off$2.138▲ 11%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment44% off$1.37245% off$1.524▲ 11%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i4g.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.471 vs $2.746 per hour
10% cheaper
Physical cores32 vs 16
2× higher
Where i4i.8xlarge leads
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
40% higher

Specs

11 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differi4g.8xlargei4i.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores3216
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.8xlargei4i.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
NetworkingAll 8 matchi4g.8xlargei4i.8xlarge
Network18750 Megabit18750 Megabit
Network baseline18.75 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage1 of 12 differi4g.8xlargei4i.8xlarge
Storage2 x 3750 SSD2 x 3750 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 3,750 GB SSD2 × 3,750 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00040,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2525
Instance details2 of 10 differi4g.8xlargei4i.8xlarge
Familyi4gi4i
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for i4g.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regioni4g.8xlargei4i.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.471$2.746▲ 11%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.471$2.746▲ 11%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.471$2.746▲ 11%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.723$3.027▲ 11%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.723$3.027▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.962$3.291▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.962$3.291▲ 11%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.946$4.382▲ 11%

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