g5g.metal vs x2iedn.metal
| g5g.metal | x2iedn.metal |
| GPU instance | Memory optimized |
| 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) 5 – Generation g – AWS Graviton processor 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 e – Extra storage or memory d – Instance store volume n – Network and EBS optimized metal – Bare metal |
| 64 | 128 |
| 128 GiB | 4096 GiB |
| arm64 | x86_64 |
| AWS Graviton2 Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake) |
| 2.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| 1 | 2 |
| yes | no |
| T4g | |
| NVIDIA | |
| 2 | |
| 16 GiB | |
| 32 GiB | |
| no | no |
| 32 GiB | |
| no | no |
| g5g.16xlarge, g5g.2xlarge, g5g.4xlarge, g5g.8xlarge, g5g.metal, g5g.xlarge | x2iedn.16xlarge, x2iedn.24xlarge, x2iedn.2xlarge, x2iedn.32xlarge, x2iedn.4xlarge, x2iedn.8xlarge, x2iedn.metal, x2iedn.xlarge |
| x2gd.metal, x2idn.metal, x2iezn.metal | |
| db.x2iedn.metal | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| EBS only | 2 x 1900 NVMe SSD |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| 19000 MBps | 80000 MBps |
| 19000 Mbps | 80000 Mbps |
| 2375 Mbps | 10000 Mbps |
| 80000 IOPS | 260000 IOPS |
| 80000 IOPS | 260000 IOPS |
| 19000 Mbps | 80000 Mbps |
| 2375 Mbps | 10000 Mbps |
| 25 Gigabit | 100 Gigabit |
| yes | yes |
| 15 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 50 | 50 |
| 50 | 50 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | yes |
| 1 | |
| no | yes |
| no | yes |
| 1.00x | 10.29x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | g5g.metal | x2iedn.metal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Europe (Spain) (eu-south-2) | 3.0622 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 3.3752 | 27.5240 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 33.6120 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 33.6120 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 34.6800 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 34.8138 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 34.8138 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 37.3480 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 38.0960 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 38.6820 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 38.6820 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | n/a | 38.6820 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 3.4326 | 27.5240 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | n/a | 38.6820 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | n/a | 38.6820 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | n/a | 38.6840 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | n/a | 41.0828 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | n/a | 52.0200 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 3.7039 | 29.3440 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 3.8395 | 30.4230 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 3.8395 | 32.0120 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 32.0120 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 32.0120 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 32.0120 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 33.6010 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 26.6760 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 2.7440 | 26.6760 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 2.7440 | 26.6760 |