t2.xlarge vs is4gen.xlarge

Instance Typet2.xlargeis4gen.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
2 – Generation
xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

is – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to six ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB24 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest2.2xlarge, t2.large, t2.medium, t2.micro, t2.nano, t2.small, t2.xlargeis4gen.2xlarge, is4gen.4xlarge, is4gen.8xlarge, is4gen.large, is4gen.medium, is4gen.xlarge
Generationst2.xlarge, t3.xlarge
SageMakerml.t2.xlarge
RDSdb.t2.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 3750 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces34
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.95x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t2.xlarge
is4gen.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.19840.6375
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2976n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.20160.6375
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.20480.6550
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.21120.6707
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21120.6707
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21440.6783
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.21760.6885
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.22080.6911
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.23040.6911
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.18560.5763
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.18560.5763
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.18560.5763
Activate subscription to see all regions and unlock all features

Related Comparisons

Other instances worth weighing against these.