r5n.2xlarge vs i4g.2xlarge

Instance Typer5n.2xlargei4g.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
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
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5n.12xlarge, r5n.16xlarge, r5n.24xlarge, r5n.2xlarge, r5n.4xlarge, r5n.8xlarge, r5n.large, r5n.metal, r5n.xlargei4g.16xlarge, i4g.2xlarge, i4g.4xlarge, i4g.8xlarge, i4g.large, i4g.xlarge
Generationsr5n.2xlarge, r6in.2xlarge, r8in.2xlargei4g.2xlarge, i8g.2xlarge
Variantsr5.2xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlargei4i.2xlarge
OpenSearchi4g.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1875 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r5n.2xlarge
i4g.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61200.6808
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.7120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.7120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.7160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.7160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.7240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.7240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.7950n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.8080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.9440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.63600.6808
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.65200.7405
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.66800.7405
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.67600.9864
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.7000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.7000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.7000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.7120n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.59600.6178
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.59600.6178
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.59600.6178
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