m2.2xlarge vs r6idn.2xlarge

Instance Typem2.2xlarger6idn.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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs48
Memory34.2 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlarger6idn.12xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6idn.24xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6idn.32xlarge, r6idn.4xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6idn.large, r6idn.metal, r6idn.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarger6idn.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge
Variantsr6a.2xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6in.2xlarge
RDSdb.m2.2xlargedb.r6idn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
EC2 Compute Units13
Instance Storage1 x 850 SSD1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS25000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 40000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
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 Diff1.00x1.56x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m2.2xlarge
r6idn.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.5500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.55000.8284
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.57500.8597
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.58600.8705
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.59200.9173
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.59200.9313
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.64500.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.9407
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.9500
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.9547
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.7816
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.49000.7816
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.49000.7816
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