r9gd.2xlarge vs f1.2xlarge

Instance Typer9gd.2xlargef1.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedFPGA
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
Genomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security

f – FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB122 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64n/a
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr9gd.12xlarge, r9gd.16xlarge, r9gd.24xlarge, r9gd.2xlarge, r9gd.48xlarge, r9gd.4xlarge, r9gd.8xlarge, r9gd.large, r9gd.medium, r9gd.metal-48xl, r9gd.xlargef1.16xlarge, f1.2xlarge, f1.4xlarge
Generationsr6gd.2xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r9gd.2xlarge
Variantsr9g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance Storage1 x 474 NVMe SSD1 x 470 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBps1700 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 17 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.70x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r9gd.2xlarge
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EuropeEurope (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1)n/a1.7340
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.76981.8150
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.9060
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.9800
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.9810
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.6407n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.64071.6500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.64071.6500
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