x2gd.2xlarge vs i4g.2xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.2xlargei4g.2xlarge
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
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
Memory128 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 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.xlargei4g.16xlarge, i4g.2xlarge, i4g.4xlarge, i4g.8xlarge, i4g.large, i4g.xlarge
Generationsi4g.2xlarge, i8g.2xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlargei4i.2xlarge
OpenSearchi4g.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 474 SSD1 x 1875 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4750 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
x2gd.2xlarge
i4g.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.80000.6808
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.6808
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.7405
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.7405
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.9864
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.66800.6178
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.66800.6178
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.66800.6178
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