m2.2xlarge vs x8g.2xlarge

Instance Typem2.2xlargex8g.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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs48
Memory34.2 GiB128 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.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsx8i.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 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 15 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 Diff1.00x1.57x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m2.2xlarge
x8g.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.5500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.55000.8898
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.57500.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.58600.9379
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.59201.0924
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.5920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.6450n/a
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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