m2.2xlarge vs r5n.2xlarge

Instance Typem2.2xlarger5n.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
2 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
High-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
vCPUs48
Memory34.2 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlarger5n.12xlarge, r5n.16xlarge, r5n.24xlarge, r5n.2xlarge, r5n.4xlarge, r5n.8xlarge, r5n.large, r5n.metal, r5n.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarger5n.2xlarge, r6in.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
Variantsr5.2xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge
RDSdb.m2.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units13
Instance Storage1 x 850 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps2300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps287.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnono
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.24x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m2.2xlarge
r5n.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.5500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.55000.6120
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.7160
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.7160
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.7240
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.7240
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.7950
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.9440
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.57500.6360
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.58600.6520
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.59200.6680
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.59200.6760
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.64500.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.7120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.5960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.49000.5960
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.49000.5960
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