c4.2xlarge vs x1e.2xlarge

Instance Typec4.2xlargex1e.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
4 – 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
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory15 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed2.9 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc4.2xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.8xlarge, c4.large, c4.xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Generationsc3.2xlarge, c4.2xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c4.2xlarge
RDSdb.x1e.2xlarge
OpenSearchc4.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units3123
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 240 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput1000 MBps1000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1000 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput125 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8000 IOPS7400 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance8000 IOPS7400 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1000 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput125 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x4.64x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
c4.2xlarge
x1e.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40001.7200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.50402.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.50402.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.52202.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.61803.2510
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.43801.8340
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.45302.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.45402.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.45402.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.46202.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.47602.3800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.47902.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.49802.4180
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.39801.6680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.39801.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.39801.6680
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