c8gb.4xlarge vs x2gd.4xlarge

Instance Typec8gb.4xlargex2gd.4xlarge
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
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.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Variantsc8a.4xlarge, c8g.4xlarge, c8gd.4xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge, c8i-flex.4xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8ib.4xlarge, c8id.4xlarge, c8in.4xlarge, c8ine.4xlargex2iedn.4xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput25000 MBps4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth25000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput3125 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance120000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance33.333 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.48x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c8gb.4xlarge
x2gd.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a1.6000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.3360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.94801.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.94801.3360
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