x2gd.2xlarge vs m8idb.2xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.2xlargem8idb.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory128 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.9 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.xlargem8idb.12xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idb.24xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idb.32xlarge, m8idb.48xlarge, m8idb.4xlarge, m8idb.8xlarge, m8idb.96xlarge, m8idb.large, m8idb.metal-48xl, m8idb.metal-96xl, m8idb.xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlargem8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.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 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 26.66 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
x2gd.2xlarge
m8idb.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.80000.8361
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.8536
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.9828
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.66800.7638
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.66800.7638
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.66800.7638
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