r6g.8xlarge vs x2gd.8xlarge

Instance Typer6g.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
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
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 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.8xlarge, r7g.8xlarge, r8g.8xlarge
Variantsr6a.8xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6in.8xlargex2iedn.8xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge
SageMakerml.r6g.8xlarge
RDSdb.r6g.8xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6g.8xlarge
OpenSearchr6g.8xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6g.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput9000 MBps9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit12 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.8xlarge
x2gd.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.0400n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.0400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.61283.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.7920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.8048n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.8048n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.8880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.8944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.8944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.8950n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.6128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.9520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)1.9853n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)1.9853n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)2.0294n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.6538n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)2.1402n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)2.1440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)2.1504n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)2.5728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.6538n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.6934n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.7120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.7510n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.7664n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.7664n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.6720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.61282.6720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.6720
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