d3en.2xlarge vs x1e.2xlarge

Instance Typed3en.2xlargex1e.2xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsMassively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehousing, MapReduce/Hadoop computing, distributed/file network systems, and log/data-processing applications.

d – Disk / storage optimized
3 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
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
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesd3en.12xlarge, d3en.2xlarge, d3en.4xlarge, d3en.6xlarge, d3en.8xlarge, d3en.xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Variantsd3.2xlarge
RDSdb.x1e.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units23
Instance Storage4 x 14000 HDD1 x 240 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2800 MBps1000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1700 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput212.5 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS7400 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance15000 IOPS7400 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2800 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput350 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.69x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
d3en.2xlarge
x1e.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)1.2830n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.31801.7200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a3.2510
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.31801.8340
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.31802.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.38502.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.52502.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.3800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.4180
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.6680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.05101.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.05101.6680
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