x2gd.12xlarge vs f2.12xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.12xlargef2.12xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedFPGA
DetailsIn-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
12xlarge – Size
Genomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security

f – FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
2 – Generation
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory768 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnoyes
FPGA NameVirtex UltraScale+ (VU47P)
FPGA ManufacturerXilinx
FPGA Count2
FPGA Memory80 GiB
FPGA Total Memory160 GiB
Instances
Sizesx2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlargef2.12xlarge, f2.48xlarge, f2.6xlarge
Variantsx2iezn.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1425 SSD2 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput14250 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth14250 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1781.25 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth14250 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1781.25 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
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Geography
Region
x2gd.12xlarge
f2.12xlarge
CanadaCanada (Central) (ca-central-1)n/a4.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.80004.7520
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a4.7520
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a4.9500
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a5.1480
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a5.3472
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.0080n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.00803.9600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.00803.9600
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