m8gn.2xlarge vs x2gd.2xlarge

Instance Typem8gn.2xlargex2gd.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8gn.12xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8gn.24xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8gn.48xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8gn.8xlarge, m8gn.large, m8gn.medium, m8gn.metal-24xl, m8gn.metal-48xl, m8gn.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlargex2iedn.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps296.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 50 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m8gn.2xlarge
x2gd.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.6505n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.8000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.6680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.58200.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.58200.6680
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