X8i instances deliver up to 43% higher performance and significantly enhanced memory bandwidth over prior generations, supporting up to 6TB of memory and designed for SAP HANA, large databases, and electronic design automation. Performance improvements include notable gains in SAPS, PostgreSQL, Memcached, and AI inference tasks.
Available in fourteen sizes including bare metal options, these SAP-certified instances target customers demanding peak memory and processing capabilities. Availability covers multiple AWS regions, and X8i instances support diverse purchase options such as Savings Plans and Spot Instances.
Source & further reading
Announcing Amazon EC2 Memory optimized X8i instances ↗Source published 2026-01-15. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.