c6gd.2xlarge vs im4gn.2xlarge

Instance Typec6gd.2xlargeim4gn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsHigh-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
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6gd.12xlarge, c6gd.16xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gd.4xlarge, c6gd.8xlarge, c6gd.large, c6gd.medium, c6gd.metal, c6gd.xlargeim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge
Generationsc6gd.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge
Variantsc6a.2xlarge, c6g.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c6gd.2xlarge
RDSdb.c6gd.2xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 475 NVMe SSD1 x 3750 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.27x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6gd.2xlarge
im4gn.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30720.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.36800.8722
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.36800.8722
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.3712n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.3712n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3916n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.33280.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33920.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.34880.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.34880.8440
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.35200.8442
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.35600.8442
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.36000.8535
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.36000.8675
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.30720.7276
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.30720.7276
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.7276
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