c7gn.2xlarge vs is4gen.2xlarge

Instance Typec7gn.2xlargeis4gen.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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

is – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to six ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB48 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.6 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7gn.12xlarge, c7gn.16xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c7gn.4xlarge, c7gn.8xlarge, c7gn.large, c7gn.medium, c7gn.metal, c7gn.xlargeis4gen.2xlarge, is4gen.4xlarge, is4gen.8xlarge, is4gen.large, is4gen.medium, is4gen.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.2xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge
Variantsc7a.2xlarge, c7g.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c7i-flex.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge
ElastiCachecache.c7gn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 7500 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4167 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput520.875 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance16667 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 50 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 Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.40x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c7gn.2xlarge
is4gen.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.56401.2750
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.62961.2750
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.3100
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.3413
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.3413
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.3566
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.3770
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.3821
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.3821
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.49921.1526
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.49921.1526
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.49921.1526
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