r8g.2xlarge vs g2.2xlarge

Instance Typer8g.2xlargeg2.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGPU instance
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
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
Memory64 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64n/a
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8g.12xlarge, r8g.16xlarge, r8g.24xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8g.48xlarge, r8g.4xlarge, r8g.8xlarge, r8g.large, r8g.medium, r8g.metal-24xl, r8g.metal-48xl, r8g.xlargeg2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarge
Generationsr6g.2xlarge, r7g.2xlarge, r8g.2xlargeg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsr8a.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r8g.2xlarge
RDSdb.r8g.2xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r8g.2xlarge
OpenSearchr8g.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r8g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 60 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 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 15 GigabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.48x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r8g.2xlarge
g2.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3303n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3303n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.47130.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5271n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5274n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5522n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.5535n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.5535n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.5647n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.5648n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5648n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5648n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.47130.7720
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.5801n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.5930n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.6248n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.6254n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.6283n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.48320.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.7499n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.48320.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.49480.8980
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.50121.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.5162n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.5162n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.5236n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.47130.6500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.6500
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