m2.4xlarge vs x1e.4xlarge

Instance Typem2.4xlargex1e.4xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
2 – Generation
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs816
Memory68.4 GiB488 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
Generationsm2.4xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge
RDSdb.m2.4xlargedb.x1e.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units2647
Instance Storage2 x 840 SSD1 x 480 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput1750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1000 Mbps1750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput125 Mbps218.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance8000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1000 Mbps1750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput125 Mbps218.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportunsupportedsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.84x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m2.4xlarge
x1e.4xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)1.1000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.10003.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a6.5020
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.15003.6670
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.17104.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.18304.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.18304.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.29104.6680
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.7600
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a4.8360
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a3.3360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.98003.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.98003.3360
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