m8g.medium vs x2gd.medium

Instance Typem8g.mediumx2gd.medium
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
medium – 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
medium – Size
vCPUs11
Memory4 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8g.12xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8g.24xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8g.48xlarge, m8g.4xlarge, m8g.8xlarge, m8g.large, m8g.medium, m8g.metal-24xl, m8g.metal-48xl, m8g.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsm6g.medium, m7g.medium, m8g.medium, m9g.medium
Variantsm8a.medium, m8azn.medium, m8gb.medium, m8gd.medium, m8gn.medium
SageMakerml.m8g.medium
OpenSearchm8g.medium.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 59 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth315 Mbps315 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput39.375 Mbps39.375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance2500 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12.5 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces22
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.67x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m8g.medium
x2gd.medium
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0321n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0321n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.04490.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.0500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.0519n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.0522n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.0524n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.0524n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.0524n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.0538n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.0550n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.0552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.0561n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.0449n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.0561n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.0561n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.0561n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.0565n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.0566n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.0580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.0580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.0591n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.0594n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.0617n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.0471n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.0617n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.0715n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.0477n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.0477n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.0477n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.0500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.0500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.0500n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.0835
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.04490.0835
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.0835
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