g2.2xlarge vs x1e.2xlarge

Instance Typeg2.2xlargex1e.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. 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
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory15 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturen/ax86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core02
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg2.2xlarge, g2.8xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Generationsg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
RDSdb.x1e.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units2623
Instance Storage1 x 60 SSD1 x 240 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMeunsupported
Dedicated Throughput1000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance7400 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance7400 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.72x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
g2.2xlarge
x1e.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.7020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.70201.7200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a3.2510
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.77201.8340
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.89802.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.89802.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.89802.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.00002.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.3800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.4180
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.6680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.65001.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.65001.6680
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