m2.2xlarge vs x2iedn.2xlarge

Instance Typem2.2xlargex2iedn.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
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
2 – Generation
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs48
Memory34.2 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlargex2iedn.16xlarge, x2iedn.24xlarge, x2iedn.2xlarge, x2iedn.32xlarge, x2iedn.4xlarge, x2iedn.8xlarge, x2iedn.metal, x2iedn.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsx2gd.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge
RDSdb.m2.2xlargedb.x2iedn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units13
Instance Storage1 x 850 SSD1 x 237 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS16250 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 25 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 Diff1.00x3.82x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m2.2xlarge
x2iedn.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.5500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.55001.7203
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.1675
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.1759
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.1759
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.3343
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.3810
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a2.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.57501.7203
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a2.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a2.4176
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a2.4178
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a2.5677
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a3.2513
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.58601.8340
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.59201.9014
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.59202.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.64502.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.1001
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.6673
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.49001.6673
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.49001.6673
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