a1.2xlarge vs r7gd.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlarger7gd.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. 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
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.6 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarger7gd.12xlarge, r7gd.16xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r7gd.4xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r7gd.large, r7gd.medium, r7gd.metal, r7gd.xlarge
Generationsr6gd.2xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r9gd.2xlarge
Variantsr7a.2xlarge, r7g.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r7iz.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r7gd.2xlarge
OpenSearchr7gd.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 475 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.72x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
r7gd.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.3520
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.20400.3520
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20400.5443
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.6048
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.6048
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.6124
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.6264
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.6350
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.6350
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.6388
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.6390
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.6539
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.6539
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23040.5443
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.6542
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.6542
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.6577
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.6577
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.6577
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.6577
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.6577
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.6615
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.6653
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.7182
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23280.5590
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.7194
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.8618
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23520.5590
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25680.5715
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26640.5746
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.5919
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.5972
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.5972
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.2040n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20400.5443
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