h1.2xlarge vs g2.2xlarge
| h1.2xlarge | g2.2xlarge |
| Storage optimized | GPU instance |
| Amazon 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 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 32 GiB | 15 GiB |
| x86_64 | n/a |
| Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) | Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge) |
| 2.3 GHz | |
| 2 | 0 |
| no | no |
| 1 | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| h1.16xlarge, h1.2xlarge, h1.4xlarge, h1.8xlarge | g2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarge |
| g2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 31 | 26 |
| 1 x 2000 HDD | 1 x 60 SSD |
| default | |
| supported | |
| unsupported | |
| 1750 MBps | |
| 1750 Mbps | |
| 218.75 Mbps | |
| 12000 IOPS | |
| 12000 IOPS | |
| 1750 Mbps | |
| 218.75 Mbps | |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | Moderate |
| yes | no |
| 4 | |
| 1 | |
| 15 | |
| 15 | |
| yes | no |
| supported | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.66x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | h1.2xlarge | g2.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | n/a | 0.7020 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.5190 | 0.7020 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | n/a | 0.7720 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | n/a | 0.8980 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | n/a | 0.8980 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 0.8980 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 1.0000 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.4680 | n/a |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.4680 | 0.6500 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.4680 | 0.6500 |