x2gd.metal vs r6idn.metal

Instance Typex2gd.metalr6idn.metal
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsIn-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
High-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.

rRAM / memory optimized
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
metal – Bare metal
vCPUs64128
Memory1024 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarger6idn.12xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6idn.24xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6idn.32xlarge, r6idn.4xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6idn.large, r6idn.metal, r6idn.xlarge
Variantsx2idn.metal, x2iedn.metal, x2iezn.metalr6a.metal, r6g.metal, r6gd.metal, r6i.metal, r6id.metal, r6in.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1900 SSD4 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput19000 MBps100000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps100000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps12500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS400000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS400000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps100000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps12500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit200000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards12
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces2
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.50x

Regional Prices

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x2gd.metal
r6idn.metal
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)6.400013.2538
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a13.9277
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a14.9011
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a14.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a15.0509
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a15.2006
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a15.2755
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)5.344012.5050
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)5.344012.5050
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)5.344012.5050
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