r5a.xlarge vs x2gd.xlarge

Instance Typer5a.xlargex2gd.xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-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.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5a.12xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5a.large, r5a.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsr5a.xlarge, r6a.xlarge, r7a.xlarge, r8a.xlarge
Variantsr5.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlargex2iedn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 237 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1085 Mbps1188 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput135.625 Mbps148.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 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 Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.36x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.xlarge
x2gd.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1430n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.22600.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3620n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.2480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.2520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.2540n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.2660n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.2660n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.2660n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2720n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.22600.3340
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.22600.3340
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.3340
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