x8g.metal-48xlvsx8i.metal-48xl

x8g.metal-48xl is 11% cheaper than x8i.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,641.99 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 glancex8g.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xl
On-demand$18.758/hr11% less$21.008/hr
Lowest rate$2.437/hr71% lessSpot, can be interrupted$8.382/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 3072 GiB192 vCPUs, 3072 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturearm64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionx8g.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xl vs x8g.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$18.758$21.008▲ 12%
SpotCan be interrupted87% off$2.43760% off$8.382▲ 244%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$11.56——
3-yr reservedNo upfront66% off$6.408——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$13.87226% off$15.529▲ 12%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment59% off$7.6961% off$8.10▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where x8g.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$18.758 vs $21.008 per hour
11% cheaper
Physical cores192 vs 96
2× higher
Max EBS volumes79 vs 64
23% higher
Where x8i.metal-48xl leads
Max network interfaces24 vs 15
60% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
50% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
44% higher

Specs

21 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differx8g.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores19296
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerAWSIntel
Clock speed2.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock2.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchx8g.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)3,0723,072
Networking5 of 8 differx8g.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xl
Network50 Gigabit75000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1524
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage6 of 11 differx8g.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xl
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40 Gbps60000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Max EBS volumes7964
Instance details2 of 9 differx8g.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xl
Familyx8gx8i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for x8g.metal-48xl first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionx8g.metal-48xlx8i.metal-48xlDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$18.758$21.008▲ 12%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$18.758$21.008▲ 12%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$18.758$21.008▲ 12%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$21.356$23.958▲ 12%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$22.464$25.21▲ 12%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$22.51$30.462▲ 35%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$26.218$29.412▲ 12%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

x8g.metal-48xlMemory optimized, x8g family
x8g.metal-48xl prices and specsEvery size in the x8g family
x8i.metal-48xlMemory optimized, x8i family
x8i.metal-48xl prices and specsEvery size in the x8i family

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