x2gd.8xlarge vs x8aedz.6xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.8xlargex8aedz.6xlarge
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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
e – Extra storage or memory
d – Instance store volume
z – High performance
6xlarge – Size
vCPUs3224
Memory512 GiB768 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64n/a
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R05 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlargex8aedz.12xlarge, x8aedz.24xlarge, x8aedz.3xlarge, x8aedz.6xlarge, x8aedz.large, x8aedz.metal-12xl, x8aedz.metal-24xl, x8aedz.xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.8xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 1900 SSD1 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput9500 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit18750 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.98x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
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Geography
Region
x2gd.8xlarge
x8aedz.6xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a7.1107
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)n/a7.8701
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.20008.2843
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a10.0103
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a10.0103
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.6720n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.6720n/a
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.67206.9036
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