x2gd.2xlarge vs m5zn.2xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.2xlargem5zn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsIn-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
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory128 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed2.5 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlargem5zn.12xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge, m5zn.3xlarge, m5zn.6xlarge, m5zn.large, m5zn.metal, m5zn.xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 474 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4750 MBps3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

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x2gd.2xlarge
m5zn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.80000.7364
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.7708
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.7914
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.8120
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.8534
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.0530
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.66800.6607
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.66800.6607
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.66800.6607
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