f2.6xlarge vs x2iezn.6xlarge

Instance Typef2.6xlargex2iezn.6xlarge
Instance FamilyFPGAMemory optimized
DetailsGenomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security

f – FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
2 – Generation
6xlarge – 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
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
6xlarge – Size
vCPUs2424
Memory256 GiB768 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed3.4 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAyesno
FPGA NameVirtex UltraScale+ (VU47P)
FPGA ManufacturerXilinx
FPGA Count1
FPGA Memory80 GiB
FPGA Total Memory80 GiB
Instances
Sizesf2.12xlarge, f2.48xlarge, f2.6xlargex2iezn.12xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge, x2iezn.6xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge, x2iezn.metal
RDSdb.x2iezn.6xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 950 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7500 MBps9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth7500 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput937.5 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance30000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth7500 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput937.5 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12.5 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.53x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
f2.6xlarge
x2iezn.6xlarge
CanadaCanada (Central) (ca-central-1)2.1780n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a6.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.37606.1530
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.37607.2540
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.4750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.5740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.6736n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.98005.0040
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.98005.0040
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