a1.xlarge vs t4g.xlarge

Instance Typea1.xlarget4g.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

aARM AWS Graviton Processor
1 – Generation
xlarge – Size
Websites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB16 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.xlarget4g.2xlarge, t4g.large, t4g.medium, t4g.micro, t4g.nano, t4g.small, t4g.xlarge
RDSdb.t4g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenoyes
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 2780 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth800 Mbps695 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput100 Mbps86.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS15700 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps2780 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps347.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 5 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
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 Diff1.00x1.37x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
a1.xlarge
t4g.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.0896
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.10200.0896
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10200.1344
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.1504
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.1526
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.1526
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.1536
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.1536
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.1546
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.1555
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.1568
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.1568
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.1600
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.11520.1344
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.1606
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.1632
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.1664
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.1690
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.1696
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.1696
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.1696
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.1696
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.1728
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.1734
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.11640.1376
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.1741
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.1782
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.1856
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.2144
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.11760.1411
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.12840.1472
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.13320.1472
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.1472
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.1472
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.1504
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1020n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10200.1344
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