h1.2xlarge vs g2.2xlarge

Instance Typeh1.2xlargeg2.2xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedGPU instance
DetailsAmazon EMR workloads, distributed file systems (HDFS, MapR-FS), network file systems, log/data processing apps (like Apache Kafka), and big data clusters.

h – HDD / hard disk throughput optimized
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Machine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks.

g – GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
2 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesh1.16xlarge, h1.2xlarge, h1.4xlarge, h1.8xlargeg2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarge
Generationsg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units3126
Instance Storage1 x 2000 HDD1 x 60 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMeunsupported
Dedicated Throughput1750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput218.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.66x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
h1.2xlarge
g2.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.51900.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.7720
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.0000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.4680n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.46800.6500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.46800.6500
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