m2.2xlarge vs g6.2xlarge

Instance Typem2.2xlargeg6.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGPU instance
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
2 – 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)
6 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs48
Memory34.2 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameL4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlargeg6.12xlarge, g6.16xlarge, g6.24xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g6.48xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g6.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlargeg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsg6e.2xlarge, g6f.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g6.2xlarge
RDSdb.m2.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units13
Instance Storage1 x 850 SSD1 x 450 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.12x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m2.2xlarge
g6.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.5500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.55001.0301
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.2322
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2322
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.2410
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.2410
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.2711
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.4178
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.6617
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.57501.0369
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.58601.0855
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.59201.1739
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.59201.1739
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.64501.2004
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.2021
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.2225
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.2315
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.9776
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.49000.9776
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.49000.9776
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