x2gd.8xlarge vs x1e.8xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.8xlargex1e.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory512 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.xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.8xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge
RDSdb.x1e.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units91
Instance Storage1 x 1900 SSD1 x 960 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput9500 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps3500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps437.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 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.8xlarge
x1e.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.20006.8800
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HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a9.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a9.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a13.0050
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a7.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a8.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a8.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a8.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a9.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a9.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a9.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a9.6720
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.67206.6720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.67206.6720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.67206.6720
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