i4i.2xlargevsi7i.2xlarge

i4i.2xlarge is 9% cheaper than i7i.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $50.37 a month.

At a glancei4i.2xlargei7i.2xlarge
On-demand$0.686/hr9% less$0.755/hr
Lowest rate$0.2504/hr21% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.3163/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optioni4i.2xlargei7i.2xlargei7i.2xlarge vs i4i.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.686$0.755▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted63% off$0.250458% off$0.3163▲ 26%
1-yr reservedNo upfront35% off$0.445——
3-yr reservedNo upfront54% off$0.318——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment22% off$0.53422% off$0.5879▲ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment44% off$0.38144% off$0.4191▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i4i.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.686 vs $0.755 per hour
9% cheaper
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
9% higher
Where i7i.2xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes32 vs 26
23% higher

Specs

8 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differi4i.2xlargei7i.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AMX; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchi4i.2xlargei7i.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
NetworkingAll 8 matchi4i.2xlargei7i.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 12 GigabitUp to 12 Gigabit
Network baseline4.687 Gbps4.687 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps12 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage2 of 12 differi4i.2xlargei7i.2xlarge
Storage1 x 1875 NVMe SSD1 x 1875 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 1,875 GB SSD1 × 1,875 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10 Gbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS10,00010,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2632
Instance details2 of 10 differi4i.2xlargei7i.2xlarge
Familyi4ii7i
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for i4i.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regioni4i.2xlargei7i.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.686$0.755▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.686$0.755▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.686$0.755▲ 10%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.717$0.7889▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.741$0.8146▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.741$0.8146▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.757$0.8325▲ 10%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.757$0.8325▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.757$0.8325▲ 10%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.757$0.8325▲ 10%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.757$0.8325▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.779$0.8567▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.779$0.8567▲ 10%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.795$0.8741▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.796$0.876▲ 10%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.796$0.876▲ 10%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.796$0.876▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.805$0.8857▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.805$0.8857▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.805$0.8857▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.818$0.9002▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.823$0.9051▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.823$0.9051▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.823$0.9051▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.823$0.9051▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.827$0.9099▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.827$0.9099▲ 10%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.832$0.9148▲ 10%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.9$0.9903▲ 10%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.902$0.9922▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.906$0.997▲ 10%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.096$1.205▲ 10%

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