r5n.8xlarge vs x2gd.8xlarge

Instance Typer5n.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
n – Network and EBS optimized
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
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.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarge, r8in.8xlarge
Variantsr5.8xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5d.8xlarge, r5dn.8xlargex2iedn.8xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput5000 MBps9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6800 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput850 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance30000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6800 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput850 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit12 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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r5n.8xlarge
x2gd.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.44803.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.8480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.8480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.8640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.8640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.1790n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.2320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.7760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.5440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.6720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.7040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.8000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.8000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.8000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.8480n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.38402.6720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.38402.6720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.38402.6720
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