The r7gd.medium is a aws ec2 instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for ec2 workloads.
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 1 |
| Memory | 8 GiB |
| Physical Processor | AWS Graviton3 Processor |
| Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit |
| GPU Memory | NA |
| Network | Value |
| Network Performance | Up to 12500 Megabit |
| Enhanced Networking | Yes |
| Storage | Value |
| Storage | 1 x 59 NVMe SSD |
| EBS Throughput | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Amazon | Value |
| Current Generation | Yes |
| Instance Type | r7gd.medium |
| Family | Memory optimized |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| r7gd.medium | 1 | 8 |
| r7gd.large | 2 | 16 |
| r7gd.xlarge | 4 | 32 |
| r7gd.2xlarge | 8 | 64 |
| r7gd.4xlarge | 16 | 128 |
| r7gd.8xlarge | 32 | 256 |
| r7gd.12xlarge | 48 | 384 |
| r7gd.16xlarge | 64 | 512 |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| is4gen.medium | 1 | 6 GiB |

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