x2gd.12xlarge vs x1.16xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.12xlargex1.16xlarge
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
12xlarge – 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
1 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs4864
Memory768 GiB976 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorHigh Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.3 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.xlargex1.16xlarge, x1.32xlarge
Generationsx1.16xlarge, x8i.16xlarge
Variantsx2iezn.12xlargex1e.16xlarge
RDSdb.x1.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units174.5
Instance Storage2 x 1425 SSD1 x 1920 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput14250 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth14250 Mbps7000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1781.25 Mbps875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth14250 Mbps7000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1781.25 Mbps875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.08x

Regional Prices

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x2gd.12xlarge
x1.16xlarge
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USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.00806.6690
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.00806.6690
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.00806.6690
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