x2gd.4xlarge vs x1e.4xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.4xlargex1e.4xlarge
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
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
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory256 GiB488 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.xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.4xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge
RDSdb.x1e.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units47
Instance Storage1 x 950 SSD1 x 480 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput4750 MBps1750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps1750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps218.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps1750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps218.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.09x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
x2gd.4xlarge
x1e.4xlarge
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HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a6.5020
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a3.6670
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a4.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a4.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a4.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a4.6680
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.7600
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.8360
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a4.8360
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.33603.3360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.33603.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.33603.3360
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