r6gd.metal vs x2iezn.metal

Instance Typer6gd.metalx2iezn.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
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
metal – Bare metal
vCPUs6448
Memory512 GiB1536 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed2.5 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6gd.12xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6gd.large, r6gd.medium, r6gd.metal, r6gd.xlargex2iezn.12xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge, x2iezn.6xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge, x2iezn.metal
Generationsr6gd.metal, r7gd.metal
Variantsr6a.metal, r6g.metal, r6i.metal, r6id.metal, r6idn.metal, r6in.metalx2gd.metal, x2idn.metal, x2iedn.metal
RDSdb.x2iezn.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSDEBS only
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 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.76x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r6gd.metal
x2iezn.metal
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.3917n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a12.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.686412.3060
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)3.891214.5080
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)3.6864n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.686410.0080
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a10.0080
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