c9gd.medium vs x2gd.medium

Instance Typec9gd.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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
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 Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc9gd.12xlarge, c9gd.16xlarge, c9gd.24xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge, c9gd.48xlarge, c9gd.4xlarge, c9gd.8xlarge, c9gd.large, c9gd.medium, c9gd.metal-48xl, c9gd.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsc6gd.medium, c7gd.medium, c8gd.medium, c9gd.medium
Variantsc9g.medium
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 59 NVMe SSD1 x 59 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth380 Mbps315 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput47.5 Mbps39.375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance2500 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces22
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface204
IPv6 Addresses per Interface204
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.51x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c9gd.medium
x2gd.medium
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.06180.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.0679n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.05340.0835
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.05340.0835
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.05340.0835
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