g4dn.metal vs x2idn.metal

Accelerators
Instance Type	g4dn.metal	x2idn.metal
Instance Family	GPU instance	Memory optimized
Details	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 metal – Bare metal	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 2 – Generation i – Intel processor d – Instance store volume n – Network and EBS optimized metal – Bare metal
vCPUs	96	128
Memory	384 GiB	2048 GiB
CPU Architecture	x86_64	x86_64
Processor	Intel Xeon Family	Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed	2.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core	2	2
GPU	yes	no
GPU Name	T4
GPU Manufacturer	NVIDIA
GPUs	8
GPU Memory	16 GiB
GPU Total Memory	128 GiB
Inference Accelerator	no	no
Accelerator Memory	128 GiB
FPGA	no	no
Instances
Sizes	g4dn.12xlarge, g4dn.16xlarge, g4dn.2xlarge, g4dn.4xlarge, g4dn.8xlarge, g4dn.metal, g4dn.xlarge	x2idn.16xlarge, x2idn.24xlarge, x2idn.32xlarge, x2idn.metal
Variants		x2gd.metal, x2iedn.metal, x2iezn.metal
RDS		db.x2idn.metal
Free Tier	no	no
Burstable	no	no
Hibernation	no	no
Instance Storage	2 x 900 GB NVMe SSD	2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimized	default	default
Encryption	supported	supported
NVMe	required	required
Dedicated Throughput	14000 MBps	81920 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth	19000 Mbps	80000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput	2375 Mbps	10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance	80000 IOPS	260000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance	80000 IOPS	260000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth	19000 Mbps	80000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput	2375 Mbps	10000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance	100 Gigabit	100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networking	yes	yes
Max Interfaces	15	15
Max Cards	1	1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface	50	50
IPv6 Addresses per Interface	50	50
IPv6 Support	yes	yes
ENA Support	required	required
EFA Support	yes	yes
EFA Max Interfaces	1	1
Encryption in Transit Support	yes	yes
ENA SRD Support	no	yes
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	1.79x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)

Per Hour

Linux

Shared Tenancy

On Demand

Geography	Region	g4dn.metal	x2idn.metal
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	8.3000	13.7620
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-10)	9.6240	16.4080
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-11)	9.7800	16.8010
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-12)	9.8620	16.8060
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-13)	10.1740	16.8060
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-14)	10.3810	16.8063
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-15)	10.5620	17.3400
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-16)	10.5620	17.4069
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-17)	10.9480	17.4069
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-18)	12.0480	18.6740
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-19)	13.2980	19.0480
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	8.6120	13.7620
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-20)	n/a	19.3410
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-21)	n/a	19.3410
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-22)	n/a	19.3410
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-23)	n/a	19.3410
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-24)	n/a	19.3410
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-25)	n/a	19.3410
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-26)	n/a	19.3420
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-27)	n/a	20.5414
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-28)	n/a	26.0100
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-3)	8.6870	14.6720
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-4)	8.7240	15.2110
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-5)	9.1480	16.0060
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-6)	9.1540	16.0060
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-7)	9.1600	16.0060
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-8)	9.3890	16.0060
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-9)	9.5960	16.4080
US	US East (Ohio) (us-east-2)	7.8240	13.3380
US	US East (Virginia) (us-east-1)	7.8240	13.3380
US	US West (Oregon) (us-west-2)	7.8240	13.3380