a1.2xlarge vs g2.2xlarge
| a1.2xlarge | g2.2xlarge |
| General purpose | GPU instance |
| Obsolete. Not recommended for use Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments. a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor 1 – Generation 2xlarge – Size | Obsolete. Not recommended for use Machine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks. g – GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) 2 – Generation 2xlarge – Size |
| 8 | 8 |
| 16 GiB | 15 GiB |
| arm64 | n/a |
| AWS Graviton Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge) |
| 2.3 GHz | |
| 1 | 0 |
| no | no |
| 1 | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| a1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarge | g2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarge |
| g2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 26 | |
| EBS only | 1 x 60 SSD |
| default | |
| supported | |
| required | |
| up to 3500 MBps | |
| 1750 Mbps | |
| 218.75 Mbps | |
| 10000 IOPS | |
| 20000 IOPS | |
| 3500 Mbps | |
| 437.5 Mbps | |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | Moderate |
| yes | no |
| 4 | |
| 1 | |
| 15 | |
| 15 | |
| yes | no |
| required | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 3.52x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | a1.2xlarge | g2.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) | 0.2040 | n/a |
| Europe | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | n/a | 0.7020 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.2040 | 0.7020 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.2304 | 0.7720 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2328 | 0.8980 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2352 | 0.8980 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2568 | 0.8980 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2664 | 1.0000 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.2040 | n/a |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.2040 | 0.6500 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | n/a | 0.6500 |