im4gn.4xlarge vs i2.4xlarge

Instance Typeim4gn.4xlargei2.4xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsNoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

i – IOPS / storage optimized
2 – Generation
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB122 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlargei2.2xlarge, i2.4xlarge, i2.8xlarge, i2.large, i2.xlarge
Generationsi2.4xlarge, i3.4xlarge, i4i.4xlarge, i7i.4xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units53
Instance Storage1 x 7500 SSD4 x 800 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput9500 MBps1500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.35x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
Linux
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Geography
Region
im4gn.4xlarge
i2.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.60443.7510
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.7443n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.7443n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.60443.7510
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.60443.8670
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.65204.0020
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.68804.0020
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.68844.0510
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.68844.0700
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.70704.0700
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.73504.0920
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.45523.4100
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.45523.4100
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.45523.4100
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