r8gb.2xlarge vs g2.2xlarge
| r8gb.2xlarge | g2.2xlarge |
| Memory optimized | GPU instance |
| High-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 b – EBS optimized 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 |
| 64 GiB | 15 GiB |
| arm64 | n/a |
| AWS Graviton4 Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge) |
| 2.8 GHz | |
| 1 | 0 |
| no | no |
| 1 | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| r8gb.12xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gb.24xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gb.48xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gb.8xlarge, r8gb.large, r8gb.medium, r8gb.metal-24xl, r8gb.metal-48xl, r8gb.xlarge | g2.2xlarge, g2.8xlarge |
| g2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge | |
| r8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | no |
| 26 | |
| EBS only | 1 x 60 SSD |
| default | |
| supported | |
| required | |
| up to 25000 MBps | |
| 12500 Mbps | |
| 1562.5 Mbps | |
| 60000 IOPS | |
| 120000 IOPS | |
| 25000 Mbps | |
| 3125 Mbps | |
| Up to 33.333 Gigabit | Moderate |
| yes | no |
| 4 | |
| 1 | |
| 15 | |
| 15 | |
| yes | no |
| required | |
| no | no |
| yes | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.09x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | r8gb.2xlarge | g2.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | n/a | 0.7020 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | n/a | 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 (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.7287 | 0.6500 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.7287 | 0.6500 |