m4.2xlarge vs x2gd.2xlarge

Instance Typem4.2xlargex2gd.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
4 – 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm4.10xlarge, m4.16xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m4.large, m4.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m4.2xlarge
RDSdb.m4.2xlarge
OpenSearchm4.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m4.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput1000 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1000 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput125 Mbps296.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance8000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput125 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.48x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
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Region
m4.2xlarge
x2gd.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.42000.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.6360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.4440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.4440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.4640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.4680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.4800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.4920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.5000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.5000n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.40000.6680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40000.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.40000.6680
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