x2gd.xlarge vs i2.xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.xlargei2.xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedStorage 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
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory64 GiB30.5 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
Sizesx2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlargei2.2xlarge, i2.4xlarge, i2.8xlarge, i2.large, i2.xlarge
Generationsi2.xlarge, i3.xlarge, i4i.xlarge, i7i.xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.xlarge
OpenSearchi2.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units14
Instance Storage1 x 237 SSD1 x 800 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 4750 MBps750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1188 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput148.5 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.73x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x2gd.xlarge
i2.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40000.9380
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.9380
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.9670
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.0010
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.0010
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.0130
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.0180
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.0180
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.0230
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.33400.8530
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.33400.8530
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.33400.8530
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