r5dn.xlarge vs x2iedn.xlarge

Instance Typer5dn.xlargex2iedn.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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
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
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5dn.12xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5dn.large, r5dn.metal, r5dn.xlargex2iedn.16xlarge, x2iedn.24xlarge, x2iedn.2xlarge, x2iedn.32xlarge, x2iedn.4xlarge, x2iedn.8xlarge, x2iedn.metal, x2iedn.xlarge
Generationsr5dn.xlarge, r6idn.xlarge, r8idn.xlarge
Variantsr5.xlarge, r5a.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5n.xlargex2gd.xlarge
RDSdb.x2iedn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD1 x 118 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS8125 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.80x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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r5dn.xlarge
x2iedn.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.35400.8601
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.40601.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.40801.0504
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44201.0838
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.0879
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.0879
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.1671
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.1905
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.2088
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.2088
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.2088
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.37200.8601
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.2088
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.2088
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.2089
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.2838
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.6256
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.39200.9170
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.39200.9507
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.39801.0004
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.39801.0004
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.40001.0004
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.40201.0004
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.40201.0500
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.33400.8336
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.33400.8336
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.33400.8336
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