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a1.metal vs x2iezn.metal

Instance Typea1.metalx2iezn.metal
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
metal – Bare metal
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
metal – Bare metal
vCPUs1648
Memory32 GiB1536 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.metal, x2idn.metal, x2iedn.metal
RDSdb.x2iezn.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps19000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3500 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput437.5 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces815
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x25.98x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
a1.metal
x2iezn.metal
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4080n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a12.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.408012.3060
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.461014.5080
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.4660n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.4700n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.5140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.5330n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.4080n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.408010.0080
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a10.0080
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