x2gd.2xlarge vs m6idn.2xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.2xlargem6idn.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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory128 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.5 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.xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6idn.32xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6idn.large, m6idn.metal, m6idn.xlarge
Generationsm6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlargem6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 474 SSD1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4750 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS25000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 40000 Megabit
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 Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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x2gd.2xlarge
m6idn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.80000.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.7722
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.7816
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.8003
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.8050
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.8190
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.8262
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.9956
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.6699
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.6786
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.6967
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.6967
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.7114
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7239
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.7338
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.7582
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.66800.6365
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.66800.6365
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.66800.6365
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