x2iedn.2xlarge
Amazon EC2 X2i instances are the next generation of memory-optimized instances delivering improvements in performance, price performance, and cost per GiB of memory compared to previous generation X1 instances.
The x2iedn.2xlarge is a aws ec2 instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for ec2 workloads.
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 8 |
| Memory | 256 GiB |
| Physical Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake) |
| Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit |
| GPU Memory | NA |
| Network | Value |
| Network Performance | Up to 25 Gigabit |
| Enhanced Networking | Yes |
| Storage | Value |
| Storage | 1 x 237 NVMe SSD |
| EBS Throughput | Up to 20000 Mbps |
| Amazon | Value |
| Current Generation | Yes |
| Instance Type | x2iedn.2xlarge |
| Family | Memory optimized |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| x2iedn.xlarge | 4 | 128 |
| x2iedn.2xlarge | 8 | 256 |
| x2iedn.4xlarge | 16 | 512 |
| x2iedn.8xlarge | 32 | 1024 |
| x2iedn.16xlarge | 64 | 2048 |
| x2iedn.24xlarge | 96 | 3072 |
| x2iedn.32xlarge | 128 | 4096 |
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