r7a.24xlarge vs x2idn.24xlarge

Instance Typer7a.24xlargex2idn.24xlarge
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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
24xlarge – 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
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory768 GiB1536 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr7a.12xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r7a.24xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r7a.32xlarge, r7a.48xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r7a.large, r7a.medium, r7a.metal-48xl, r7a.xlargex2idn.16xlarge, x2idn.24xlarge, x2idn.32xlarge, x2idn.metal
Generationsr5a.24xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r7a.24xlarge, r8a.24xlarge
Variantsr7i.24xlargex2iedn.24xlarge
RDSdb.x2idn.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1425 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput30000 MBps61440 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth30000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput3750 Mbps7500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance120000 IOPS260000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS260000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth30000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3750 Mbps7500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance37500 Megabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.64x

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r7a.24xlarge
x2idn.24xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)7.535010.3215
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a12.3060
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a12.6008
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a12.6045
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a12.6045
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a12.6047
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a13.0050
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a13.0552
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a13.0552
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a14.0055
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a14.2860
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)7.766410.3215
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a14.5058
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a14.5058
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a14.5058
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a14.5058
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a14.5058
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a14.5058
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a14.5065
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a15.4061
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a15.9570
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a19.5075
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)8.172511.0040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)8.172511.4083
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)8.809912.0045
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)8.809912.0045
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a12.0045
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a12.0045
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a12.3060
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)7.303210.0035
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)7.303210.0035
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)7.303210.0035
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