m8gb.2xlarge vs r8gd.2xlarge

Instance Typem8gb.2xlarger8gd.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

rRAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8gb.12xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gb.24xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gb.48xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gb.8xlarge, m8gb.large, m8gb.medium, m8gb.metal-24xl, m8gb.metal-48xl, m8gb.xlarger8gd.12xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gd.24xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gd.48xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge, r8gd.large, r8gd.medium, r8gd.metal-24xl, r8gd.metal-48xl, r8gd.xlarge
Generationsr6gd.2xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarger8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
RDSdb.r8gd.2xlarge
OpenSearchr8gd.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 475 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1562.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 33.333 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
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 Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m8gb.2xlarge
r8gd.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.6505n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.6038
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.7065
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.7103
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.7103
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.7145
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.7757
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.9308
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.6450
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.6450
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.6532
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.6532
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.6614
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.6765
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.6899
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.7062
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.5878
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.58200.5878
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.58200.5878
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