m8id.2xlarge vs g2.2xlarge

Instance Typem8id.2xlargeg2.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
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 Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8id.12xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8id.24xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8id.32xlarge, m8id.48xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8id.8xlarge, m8id.96xlarge, m8id.large, m8id.metal-48xl, m8id.metal-96xl, m8id.xlargeg2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarge
Generationsm6id.2xlarge, m8id.2xlargeg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance Storage1 x 474 NVMe SSD1 x 60 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
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 Diff1.00x1.38x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m8id.2xlarge
g2.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.55440.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.58210.7720
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.58210.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.60520.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.62830.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.67451.0000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.5221n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.52210.6500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.52210.6500
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