r6g.4xlarge vs x2gd.4xlarge

Instance Typer6g.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
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
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 Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6g.12xlarge, r6g.16xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6g.4xlarge, r6g.8xlarge, r6g.large, r6g.medium, r6g.metal, r6g.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsr6g.4xlarge, r7g.4xlarge, r8g.4xlarge
Variantsr6a.4xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6id.4xlarge, r6idn.4xlarge, r6in.4xlargex2iedn.4xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge
SageMakerml.r6g.4xlarge
RDSdb.r6g.4xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6g.4xlarge
OpenSearchr6g.4xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6g.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput4500 MBps4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.52x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6g.4xlarge
x2gd.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.5200n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.5200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.80641.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.9024n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.9024n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.9440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.9472n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.9472n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.9475n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.9664n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.9664n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.9664n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.8064n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.9664n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.9728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.9728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.9728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.9728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.9728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.9760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.9926n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.9926n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)1.0147n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.8269n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)1.0701n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)1.0720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)1.0752n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)1.2864n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.8269n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.8467n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.8560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.8755n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.8832n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.8832n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.3360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.80641.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.3360
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