r6gd.metal vs x2gd.metal

Instance Typer6gd.metalx2gd.metal
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
metal – Bare metal
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
metal – Bare metal
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB1024 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.metal, r7gd.metal
Variantsr6a.metal, r6g.metal, r6i.metal, r6id.metal, r6idn.metal, r6in.metalx2idn.metal, x2iedn.metal, x2iezn.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSD2 x 1900 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps19000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.32x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r6gd.metal
x2gd.metal
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.3917n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.68646.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.4288n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.4288n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.4288n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.4544n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)4.8576n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)4.8640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.8912n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)5.8368n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.0448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.0960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.0960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.1600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.3264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.3264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.4160n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.68645.3440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.68645.3440
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a5.3440
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