c9gd.2xlarge vs x2gd.2xlarge

Accelerators
Instance Type	c9gd.2xlarge	x2gd.2xlarge
Instance Family	Compute optimized	Memory optimized
Details	High-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 9 – Generation g – AWS Graviton processor d – Instance store volume 2xlarge – 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 2xlarge – Size
vCPUs	8	8
Memory	16 GiB	128 GiB
CPU Architecture	arm64	arm64
Processor	AWS Graviton5 Processor	AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed	3.3 GHz	2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core	1	1
GPU	no	no
Inference Accelerator	no	no
FPGA	no	no
Instances
Sizes	c9gd.12xlarge, c9gd.16xlarge, c9gd.24xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge, c9gd.48xlarge, c9gd.4xlarge, c9gd.8xlarge, c9gd.large, c9gd.medium, c9gd.metal-48xl, c9gd.xlarge	x2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generations	c6gd.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge
Variants	c9g.2xlarge	x2iedn.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge
Free Tier	no	no
Burstable	no	no
Hibernation	yes	yes
Instance Storage	1 x 474 NVMe SSD	1 x 474 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimized	default	default
Encryption	supported	supported
NVMe	required	required
Dedicated Throughput	up to 12000 MBps	up to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth	3000 Mbps	2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput	375 Mbps	296.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance	12000 IOPS	12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance	48000 IOPS	20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth	12000 Mbps	4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput	1500 Mbps	593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance	Up to 17 Gigabit	Up to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networking	yes	yes
Max Interfaces	4	4
Max Cards	1	1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface	30	15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface	30	15
IPv6 Support	yes	yes
ENA Support	required	required
EFA Support	no	no
Encryption in Transit Support	yes	no
ENA SRD Support	no	no
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	1.58x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)

Per Hour

Linux

Shared Tenancy

On Demand

Geography	Region	c9gd.2xlarge	x2gd.2xlarge
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	0.4940	0.8000
US	US East (Ohio) (us-east-2)	0.4272	0.6680
US	US East (Virginia) (us-east-1)	0.4272	0.6680
US	US West (Oregon) (us-west-2)	0.4272	0.6680