i3.16xlarge
Amazon EC2 I3 instances are the next generation of Storage Optimized instances for high transaction, low latency workloads.
The i3.16xlarge is a aws ec2 instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for ec2 workloads.
Last updated at Fri May 15 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 64 |
| Memory | 488 GiB |
| Physical Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) |
| Clock Speed | 2.3 GHz |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit |
| GPU Memory | NA |
| Network | Value |
| Network Performance | 20 Gigabit |
| Enhanced Networking | Yes |
| Storage | Value |
| Storage | 8 x 1900 NVMe SSD |
| EBS Throughput | 14000 Mbps |
| Amazon | Value |
| Current Generation | Yes |
| Instance Type | i3.16xlarge |
| Family | Storage optimized |
Family Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| i3.large | 2 | 15 |
| i3.xlarge | 4 | 30 |
| i3.2xlarge | 8 | 61 |
| i3.4xlarge | 16 | 122 |
| i3.8xlarge | 32 | 244 |
| i3.16xlarge | 64 | 488 |
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| r8g.16xlarge | 64 | 512 GiB |
| r8a.16xlarge | 64 | 512 GiB |
| r8gd.16xlarge | 64 | 512 GiB |
| r8gb.16xlarge | 64 | 512 GiB |
| r8gn.16xlarge | 64 | 512 GiB |
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