x2iezn.6xlarge vs hpc7a.12xlarge

Instance Typex2iezn.6xlargehpc7a.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
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
6xlarge – 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
vCPUs2424
Memory768 GiB768 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.7 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx2iezn.12xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge, x2iezn.6xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge, x2iezn.metalhpc7a.12xlarge, hpc7a.24xlarge, hpc7a.48xlarge, hpc7a.96xlarge
RDSdb.x2iezn.6xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS 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 Performance50 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 Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.39x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
x2iezn.6xlarge
hpc7a.12xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)6.00007.7252
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)n/a7.7252
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)6.15308.5553
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)7.25408.6674
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a9.0793
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a7.2000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)5.0040n/a
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)5.0040n/a
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