r5n.4xlarge vs x2gd.4xlarge

Instance Typer5n.4xlargex2gd.4xlarge
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
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5n.12xlarge, r5n.16xlarge, r5n.24xlarge, r5n.2xlarge, r5n.4xlarge, r5n.8xlarge, r5n.large, r5n.metal, r5n.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsr5n.4xlarge, r6in.4xlarge, r8in.4xlarge
Variantsr5.4xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5d.4xlarge, r5dn.4xlargex2iedn.4xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput2120 MBps4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance18750 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r5n.4xlarge
x2gd.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.22401.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.5890n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.8880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.3040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.3360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.3520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.4000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.4000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.4000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.4240n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.19201.3360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.19201.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.19201.3360
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