AWS Amazon EC2

x2gd.4xlarge

Part of the X2GD Memory Optimized family — High memory-to-vCPU ratio for memory-intensive applications.

Name:xExtreme Memory Optimized22nd GenerationgAWS GravitondDirect-Attached NVMe SSD4xlarge4 Extra Large

On-demand, Linux

$1.3360/ hr

~$975.28/mo · lowest in US East (N. Virginia), us-east-1

Savings Plan, Linux

$0.5477/ hr

From, with a 3-year Compute Savings Plan, No Upfront: −59% vs on-demand rate (us-east-1)

Per unit

$0.0835/ vCPU-hr

$0.0052/GB-hr

Compute

16vCPUs

16 cores • arm64

Memory

256GB

16.0 GB / vCPU

Network

Up to 10 Gbps

Baseline: 5 Gbps

Storage & EBS

593.75MB/s

Max: 20,000 IOPS

On Google Cloud

The nearest Google Cloud machines to x2gd.4xlarge by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east-1 ↔ us-east4).

Machine	Size	On-demand Linux	vs x2gd.4xlarge
x2gd.4xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-1	16 vCPU · 256 GiB	$1.3360/hr	—
c4a-highmem-32-lssd32 vCPU and 256 GiB for 16 vCPU and 256 GiB, the nearest size up; Arm on both; 16 physical cores vs 32	32 vCPU · 256 GiB	$2.255943/hr	69% more
n4a-highmem-3232 vCPU and 256 GiB for 16 vCPU and 256 GiB, the nearest size up; Arm on both; 16 physical cores vs 32; local disk on x2gd.4xlarge only	32 vCPU · 256 GiB	$1.61728/hr	21% more
c4a-highmem-3232 vCPU and 256 GiB for 16 vCPU and 256 GiB, the nearest size up; Arm on both; 16 physical cores vs 32; local disk on x2gd.4xlarge only	32 vCPU · 256 GiB	$1.88608/hr	41% more

Matched on vCPU and memory, then CPU vendor, then rate; a larger size is offered only when nothing is the same size. On-demand Linux only: Spot and commitments work differently on the two clouds, so they aren't compared here.

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor

Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))

vCPUs / Threads16 vCPUs

Physical Cores16

Clock Speed2.5 GHz

Intel AVX / AVX2No

Intel Turbo BoostNo

Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score317,523

CoreMark / vCPU19,845.2 / core

FFmpeg Transcoding93 FPS

CoreMark per Dollar237,667 score / $

Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0835

Cost per GB-hr$0.0052

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods

Max ENIs8

IPv4/v6 per ENI30

Total Addressable IPs240 total IPs

CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 10 Gbps

Baseline Bandwidth5 Gbps

Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps

Enhanced NetworkingYes

EFA SupportNo

IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationSSD (950 GB)

Local NVMe Disk950 GB SSD

EBS Baseline Throughput593.75 MB/s

EBS Max Throughput593.75 MB/s

EBS Baseline IOPS20,000

EBS Max / Burst IOPS20,000

Dedicated EBS Throughput4750 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)

Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)

Normalization Factor32

Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)

Rates by region

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions

Lowest Price Region

$1.3360/ hr

US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)

Highest Price Region

$1.6000/ hr

EU (Ireland) (eu-west-1)

Global Fleet Average

$1.4020/ hr

Across all active regions

Regional Coverage

4regions

Available worldwide

Linux — Available in all 4 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland) Highest	$1.6000
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$1.3360
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$1.3360
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$1.3360

Savings Plans: what to know

A Savings Plan commits you to a dollar amount per hour of spend for one or three years, not to an instance: usage up to that amount is billed at the plan's rates and the rest at on-demand, and unused commitment is still billed.
A Compute Savings Plan follows your usage across instance families, sizes, regions and operating systems; an EC2 Instance Savings Plan is locked to one family in one region in exchange for a lower rate (what that flexibility costs).
In US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), the 3-year Compute Savings Plan rate (No Upfront) for x2gd.4xlarge on Linux is 41% of the on-demand rate, so the instance has to run at least 41% of the hours for the commitment to cost less than on-demand.
Rates are AWS's effective hourly rate for each payment option; All Upfront pays the whole term's commitment at purchase, which is why its hourly rate is lower; Partial Upfront (at least half up front) isn't shown on this page. The Savings Plans calculator has all three and sizes a commitment for this instance or a mix of them. How AWS applies a plan each hour: how Compute Savings Plans decide what they cover. Sizing one for elastic workloads: managing Compute Savings Plans.