x2gd.8xlarge vs hpc7a.12xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.8xlargehpc7a.12xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedCompute optimized
DetailsIn-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
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
High-performance computing (HPC), computational fluid dynamics, computational finance, seismic analysis, reservoir simulation, risk analysis, and weather modeling.

hpc – High performance computing (HPC) / high disk throughput
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs3224
Memory512 GiB768 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.7 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlargehpc7a.12xlarge, hpc7a.24xlarge, hpc7a.48xlarge, hpc7a.96xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.8xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 1900 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput9500 MBps87 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps87 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps10.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS11000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps2085 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps260.625 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit300 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards12
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces2
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.91x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x2gd.8xlarge
hpc7a.12xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a7.7252
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)n/a7.7252
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.20008.5553
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a8.6674
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a9.0793
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.67207.2000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.6720n/a
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.6720n/a
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