r5ad.large vs x2gd.large

Instance Typer5ad.largex2gd.large
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
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.2 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.large, r5a.large, r5b.large, r5d.large, r5dn.large, r5n.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSD1 x 118 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps630 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps78.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
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.large
x2gd.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0830n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.13100.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1590n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1590n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1590n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.1440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.1460n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.1480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.1530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.1540n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1580n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.13100.1670
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.13100.1670
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1670
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