m5dn.2xlarge vs x2iedn.2xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.2xlargex2iedn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
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
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlargex2iedn.16xlarge, x2iedn.24xlarge, x2iedn.2xlarge, x2iedn.32xlarge, x2iedn.4xlarge, x2iedn.8xlarge, x2iedn.metal, x2iedn.xlarge
Generationsm5dn.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlargex2gd.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge
RDSdb.x2iedn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD1 x 237 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS16250 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.44x

Regional Prices

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m5dn.2xlarge
x2iedn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.60801.7203
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)0.64801.7203
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)0.66801.8340
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.68401.9014
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.68402.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.70002.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.0008
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.1001
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.54401.6673
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.54401.6673
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.54401.6673
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