r6gd.large vs x2gd.large

Instance Typer6gd.largex2gd.large
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
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB32 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.large, r7gd.large, r8gd.large, r9gd.large
Variantsr6a.large, r6g.large, r6i.large, r6id.large, r6idn.large, r6in.large
SageMakerml.r6gd.large
RDSdb.r6gd.large
OpenSearchr6gd.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSD1 x 118 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth630 Mbps630 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput78.75 Mbps78.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
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.large
x2gd.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0747n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.11520.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1384n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1384n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1384n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1390n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1390n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1390n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1390n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1392n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1518n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.1216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1824n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.1264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.1280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.1280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.1300n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1352n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1352n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1380n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.11520.1670
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.11520.1670
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1670
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