g4ad.2xlarge vs x1e.2xlarge

Instance Typeg4ad.2xlargex1e.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceMemory optimized
DetailsMachine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks.

g – GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
4 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
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
Memory32 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameRadeon Pro V520
GPU ManufacturerAMD
GPUs1
GPU Memory8 GiB
GPU Total Memory8 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory8 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg4ad.16xlarge, g4ad.2xlarge, g4ad.4xlarge, g4ad.8xlarge, g4ad.xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Variantsg4dn.2xlarge
RDSdb.x1e.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units23
Instance Storage300 GB NVMe SSD1 x 240 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 3000 MBps1000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth800 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput100 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3400 IOPS7400 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13333 IOPS7400 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces24
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface415
IPv6 Addresses per Interface415
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.55x

Regional Prices

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g4ad.2xlarge
x1e.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.60421.7200
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)0.60421.8340
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.63292.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.67662.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.73032.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.3800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.4180
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.4180
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.54121.6680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.54121.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.54121.6680
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