x8aedz.6xlarge

Analysis

The x8aedz.6xlarge is a memory optimized instance in the x8aedz series with 24 vCPUs and 768 GiB of memory on AMD EPYC 9R05 (up to Up to 5 GHz), which makes it very memory-heavy at 32 GiB of memory per vCPU.

Running it in Oregon instead of Tokyo saves $2,268 a month per instance: $6.90/hour against $10.01/hour, a 45% spread. It is not offered in N. Virginia, Ohio, Canada Central, São Paulo, London, Frankfurt, Singapore and Sydney, so plan around that if you need a presence there.

Per vCPU it is one of the dearer memory optimized types: 99% of the 385 current types in the family cost less than its $0.2877 per vCPU-hour. The premium mostly pays for the local NVMe disk. On demand it is $6.90/hour in its cheapest tracked region, or $5,040 for a 730-hour month.

Looking beyond its own line, 1 of 3 current types with 24 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the x2iezn.6xlarge on Intel Xeon Platinum 8252 at $5.00/hour.

It has local instance storage (1 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: 18750 Megabit.

It is size 4 of 6 in the x8aedz series. Stepping up to the x8aedz.12xlarge gives 48 vCPUs and 1536 GiB for $5,040 more a month. Dropping to the x8aedz.3xlarge saves $2,520 a month.