x2iezn.2xlarge vs g7.2xlarge

Accelerators
Instance Type	x2iezn.2xlarge	g7.2xlarge
Instance Family	Memory optimized	GPU instance
Details	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 z – High performance n – Network and EBS optimized 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) 7 – Generation 2xlarge – Size
vCPUs	8	8
Memory	256 GiB	32 GiB
CPU Architecture	x86_64	x86_64
Processor	Intel Xeon Platinum 8252	Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed	4.5 GHz	3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core	2	1
GPU	no	yes
GPU Name		RTX PRO 4500
GPU Manufacturer		NVIDIA
GPUs		1
GPU Memory		32 GiB
GPU Total Memory		32 GiB
Inference Accelerator	no	no
Accelerator Memory		32 GiB
FPGA	no	no
Instances
Sizes	x2iezn.12xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge, x2iezn.6xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge, x2iezn.metal	g7.12xlarge, g7.24xlarge, g7.2xlarge, g7.48xlarge, g7.4xlarge, g7.8xlarge
Generations		g2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variants	x2gd.2xlarge, x2iedn.2xlarge	g7e.2xlarge
SageMaker		ml.g7.2xlarge
RDS	db.x2iezn.2xlarge
Free Tier	no	no
Burstable	no	no
Hibernation	no	no
Instance Storage	EBS only	1x600 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimized	default	default
Encryption	supported	supported
NVMe	required	required
Dedicated Throughput	3170 MBps	up to 8000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth	3170 Mbps	4000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput	396.25 Mbps	500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance	13333 IOPS	16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance	13333 IOPS	32000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth	3170 Mbps	8000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput	396.25 Mbps	1000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance	Up to 25 Gigabit	Up to 60 Gigabit
Enhanced Networking	yes	yes
Max Interfaces	4	4
Max Cards	1	1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface	15	64
IPv6 Addresses per Interface	15	64
IPv6 Support	yes	yes
ENA Support	required	required
EFA Support	no	no
Encryption in Transit Support	yes	yes
ENA SRD Support	no	no
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	1.30x

Regional Prices

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On Demand

Geography	Region	x2iezn.2xlarge	g7.2xlarge
Europe	Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1)	2.0000	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	2.0510	2.6460
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	2.4180	n/a
US	US East (Ohio) (us-east-2)	n/a	2.5200
US	US East (Virginia) (us-east-1)	1.6680	2.5200
US	US West (Oregon) (us-west-2)	1.6680	2.5200