a1.4xlarge vs x2iezn.4xlarge

Instance Typea1.4xlargex2iezn.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed2.3 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargex2iezn.12xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge, x2iezn.6xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge, x2iezn.metal
Variantsx2gd.4xlarge, x2iedn.4xlarge
RDSdb.x2iezn.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput437.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 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 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x8.66x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
a1.4xlarge
x2iezn.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4080n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a4.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40804.1020
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46084.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.4656n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.4704n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.5136n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.5328n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.4080n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40803.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a3.3360
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