x2gd.8xlarge vs x2iedn.8xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.8xlargex2iedn.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
2 – Generation
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory512 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.5 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.xlargex2iedn.16xlarge, x2iedn.24xlarge, x2iedn.2xlarge, x2iedn.32xlarge, x2iedn.4xlarge, x2iedn.8xlarge, x2iedn.metal, x2iedn.xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.8xlarge, x2iezn.8xlargex2gd.8xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge
RDSdb.x2iedn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 1900 SSD1 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput9500 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.07x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
x2gd.8xlarge
x2iedn.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.20006.8810
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a8.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a8.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a8.6700
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a8.7035
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a8.7035
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a9.3370
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a9.5240
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a9.6705
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a9.6705
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a9.6705
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a6.8810
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a9.6705
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a9.6705
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a10.2707
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a13.0050
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a7.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a7.6058
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a8.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a8.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a8.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a8.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a8.4003
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.67206.6690
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.67206.6690
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.67206.6690
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