c7a.medium vs x2gd.medium

Instance Typec7a.mediumx2gd.medium
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory 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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
medium – 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
medium – Size
vCPUs11
Memory2 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.7 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7a.12xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c7a.24xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c7a.32xlarge, c7a.48xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c7a.large, c7a.medium, c7a.metal-48xl, c7a.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsc7a.medium, c8a.medium
Variantsc7g.medium, c7gd.medium, c7gn.medium
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 59 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth325 Mbps315 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput40.625 Mbps39.375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance2500 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces22
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.54x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c7a.medium
x2gd.medium
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.05490.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.0551n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.0551n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.0586n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.0592n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.0610n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.0640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.0646n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.05130.0835
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.05130.0835
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.05130.0835
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