m2.2xlarge vs x1e.xlarge

Instance Typem2.2xlargex1e.xlarge
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
In-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
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory34.2 GiB122 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyHigh Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
RDSdb.m2.2xlargedb.x1e.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units1312
Instance Storage1 x 850 SSD1 x 120 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS3700 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS3700 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces43
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportunsupportedsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.92x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m2.2xlarge
x1e.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.5500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.55000.8600
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.6260
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.57500.9170
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.58601.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.59201.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.59201.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.64501.1670
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.1900
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.2090
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.8340
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.49000.8340
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.49000.8340
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