r8a.4xlarge vs x2gd.4xlarge

Instance Typer8a.4xlargex2gd.4xlarge
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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed4.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.48xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.large, r8a.medium, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsr5a.4xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r8a.4xlarge
Variantsr8g.4xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gn.4xlarge, r8i-flex.4xlarge, r8i.4xlarge, r8ib.4xlarge, r8id.4xlarge, r8idb.4xlarge, r8idn.4xlarge, r8in.4xlargex2iedn.4xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge
RDSdb.r8a.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface4030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
r8a.4xlarge
x2gd.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.43021.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.4302n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.5418n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.5418n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.27811.3360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.27811.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.27811.3360
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