c8gb.2xlarge vs g2.2xlarge

Instance Typec8gb.2xlargeg2.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGPU instance
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Machine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks.

g – GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
2 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64n/a
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8gb.12xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gb.24xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gb.48xlarge, c8gb.4xlarge, c8gb.8xlarge, c8gb.large, c8gb.medium, c8gb.metal-24xl, c8gb.metal-48xl, c8gb.xlargeg2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarge
Generationsg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsc8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 60 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1562.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 33.333 GigabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.68x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8gb.2xlarge
g2.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.7720
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.0000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.47400.6500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.47400.6500
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