x2gd.2xlarge vs r8id.2xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.2xlarger8id.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – Size
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.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory128 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.9 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.xlarger8id.12xlarge, r8id.16xlarge, r8id.24xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8id.32xlarge, r8id.48xlarge, r8id.4xlarge, r8id.8xlarge, r8id.96xlarge, r8id.large, r8id.metal-48xl, r8id.metal-96xl, r8id.xlarge
Generationsr6id.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.2xlarge, x2iezn.2xlarger8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 474 SSD1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4750 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

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x2gd.2xlarge
r8id.2xlarge
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HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.8039
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.66800.6653
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.66800.6653
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.66800.6653
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