a1.large vs x2gd.large
| a1.large | x2gd.large |
| General purpose | Memory optimized |
| Obsolete. Not recommended for use Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments. a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor 1 – Generation large – 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 large – Size |
| 2 | 2 |
| 4 GiB | 32 GiB |
| arm64 | arm64 |
| AWS Graviton Processor | AWS Graviton2 Processor |
| 2.3 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| 1 | 1 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| a1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarge | x2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| EBS only | 1 x 118 SSD |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 3500 MBps | up to 4750 MBps |
| 525 Mbps | 630 Mbps |
| 65.625 Mbps | 78.75 Mbps |
| 4000 IOPS | 3600 IOPS |
| 20000 IOPS | 20000 IOPS |
| 3500 Mbps | 4750 Mbps |
| 437.5 Mbps | 593.75 Mbps |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | Up to 10 Gigabit |
| yes | yes |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 10 | 10 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 3.10x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | a1.large | x2gd.large |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) | 0.0510 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.0510 | 0.2000 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.0576 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.0582 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.0588 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.0642 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.0666 | n/a |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.0510 | 0.1670 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.0510 | 0.1670 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | n/a | 0.1670 |