r5ad.8xlarge vs x2gd.8xlarge

Instance Typer5ad.8xlargex2gd.8xlarge
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
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5ad.12xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5ad.24xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5ad.large, r5ad.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Variantsr5.8xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5d.8xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5n.8xlargex2iedn.8xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD1 x 1900 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5ad.8xlarge
x2gd.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.3290n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.09603.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.5440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.5440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.5440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.3280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.3040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.3360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.3680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.4640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.5280n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.09602.6720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.09602.6720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.6720
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