a1.2xlarge vs x2gd.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlargex2gd.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
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
2 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps296.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.10x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
x2gd.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20400.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.2304n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.2328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.2352n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.2568n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.2664n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20400.6680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20400.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.6680
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