m2.2xlarge vs r8gb.2xlarge

Instance Typem2.2xlarger8gb.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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs48
Memory34.2 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlarger8gb.12xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gb.24xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gb.48xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gb.8xlarge, r8gb.large, r8gb.medium, r8gb.metal-24xl, r8gb.metal-48xl, r8gb.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsr8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
RDSdb.m2.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
EC2 Compute Units13
Instance Storage1 x 850 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps12500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps1562.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 33.333 Gigabit
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 Diff1.00x1.29x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m2.2xlarge
r8gb.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.5500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.5500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.5750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.5860n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.5920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.5920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.6450n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.49000.7287
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.49000.7287
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