Amazon EC2 I7i Instances Debut with Enhanced Compute and Storage Performance

AWS released I7i instances featuring 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors and improved NVMe SSD storage for I/O intensive workloads.

By Lydia Stone · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-05-21 · 1 min read

AI-ASSISTED REPORTING · RETROSPECTIVE ARCHIVE

Retrospective edition: 2026-05-21. Source published: 2026-05-21. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

The I7i instances provide up to 23% better compute performance and over 10% better price-performance compared to previous I4i generations. Equipped with 3rd Gen AWS Nitro SSDs, these instances deliver up to 45TB NVMe storage with significant reductions in storage I/O latency and variability.

Designed for storage-optimized applications requiring high random IOPS and low latency, I7i instances also include a torn write prevention feature supporting wider block sizes to mitigate database bottlenecks. These advancements aim to optimize performance for workloads dealing with real-time access to medium-scale datasets. Availability is currently limited to the AWS Secret - East Region.

Source & further reading

Amazon EC2 I7i instances are now available ↗

Source published 2026-05-21. 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.