x2gd.medium vs m8azn.medium

Instance Typex2gd.mediumm8azn.medium
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
medium – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
medium – Size
vCPUs11
Memory16 GiB4 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9575F
Clock Speed2.5 GHz5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlargem8azn.12xlarge, m8azn.24xlarge, m8azn.3xlarge, m8azn.6xlarge, m8azn.large, m8azn.medium, m8azn.metal-12xl, m8azn.metal-24xl, m8azn.xlarge
Variantsm8a.medium, m8g.medium, m8gb.medium, m8gd.medium, m8gn.medium
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 59 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4750 MBpsup to 15360 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth315 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput39.375 Mbps78.125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance2500 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces23
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.30x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
x2gd.medium
m8azn.medium
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10000.1151
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.1237
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.1334
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.08350.1032
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08350.1032
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.08350.1032
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