r4.2xlarge vs g4dn.2xlarge

Instance Typer4.2xlargeg4dn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGPU instance
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
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
4 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
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)
4 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory61 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameT4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr4.16xlarge, r4.2xlarge, r4.4xlarge, r4.8xlarge, r4.large, r4.xlargeg4dn.12xlarge, g4dn.16xlarge, g4dn.2xlarge, g4dn.4xlarge, g4dn.8xlarge, g4dn.metal, g4dn.xlarge
Generationsr3.2xlarge, r4.2xlarge, r5.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge
Variantsg4ad.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g4dn.2xlarge
RDSdb.r4.2xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r4.2xlarge
OpenSearchr4.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r4.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance StorageEBS only225 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput1600 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1700 Mbps1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput212.5 Mbps143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance12000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1700 Mbps3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput212.5 Mbps437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces43
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1510
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1510
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.46x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
r4.2xlarge
g4dn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.54800.7980
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.64000.9250
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.64000.9400
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.64000.9480
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.64020.9480
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.12000.9780
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.9980
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.0150
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.0150
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.0520
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.1580
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.58400.8280
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.2780
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.59280.8350
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.59280.8380
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.62400.8790
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.62400.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.63840.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.63840.9020
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.64000.9220
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.53200.7520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.53200.7520
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.53200.7520
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