m9g.2xlarge vs x2gd.2xlarge

Instance Typem9g.2xlargex2gd.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
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 Graviton5 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm9g.12xlarge, m9g.16xlarge, m9g.24xlarge, m9g.2xlarge, m9g.48xlarge, m9g.4xlarge, m9g.8xlarge, m9g.large, m9g.medium, m9g.metal-48xl, m9g.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsm6g.2xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m9g.2xlarge
Variantsm9gd.2xlargex2iedn.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge
RDSdb.m9g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3000 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput375 Mbps296.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 17000 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.71x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m9g.2xlarge
x2gd.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.46890.8000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.39140.6680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.39140.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.39140.6680
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