r6gd.12xlarge vs x2gd.12xlarge

Instance Typer6gd.12xlargex2gd.12xlarge
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
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – 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
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB768 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6gd.12xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6gd.large, r6gd.medium, r6gd.metal, r6gd.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsr6gd.12xlarge, r7gd.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge, r9gd.12xlarge
Variantsr6a.12xlarge, r6g.12xlarge, r6i.12xlarge, r6id.12xlarge, r6idn.12xlarge, r6in.12xlargex2iezn.12xlarge
SageMakerml.r6gd.12xlarge
RDSdb.r6gd.12xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6gd.12xlarge
OpenSearchr6gd.12xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6gd.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1425 NVMe SSD2 x 1425 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13500 MBps14250 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth14250 Mbps14250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1781.25 Mbps1781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance50000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance50000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth14250 Mbps14250 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1781.25 Mbps1781.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit20 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 Diff1.00x1.32x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6gd.12xlarge
x2gd.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.7938n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.76484.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.3216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.3216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.3216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.3360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.3360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.3360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.3360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.3408n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.6432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.6480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.9184n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)4.3776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.0336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.0720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.0720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.2448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.2448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.3120n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.76484.0080
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.76484.0080
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a4.0080
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