x2gd.12xlarge vs r5dn.12xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.12xlarger5dn.12xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
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
12xlarge – Size
High-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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory768 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 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.xlarger5dn.12xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5dn.large, r5dn.metal, r5dn.xlarge
Generationsr5dn.12xlarge, r6idn.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarge
Variantsx2iezn.12xlarger5.12xlarge, r5a.12xlarge, r5ad.12xlarge, r5b.12xlarge, r5d.12xlarge, r5n.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1425 SSD2 x 900 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput14250 MBps6000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth14250 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1781.25 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth14250 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1781.25 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

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x2gd.12xlarge
r5dn.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.80004.2480
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a4.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a4.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a5.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a4.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a4.7040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a4.7040
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a4.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a4.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a4.8240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.00804.0080
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.00804.0080
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.00804.0080
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