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Instance Types

Amazon EC2 provides a variety of instance types, each optimized for different use cases. These instance types offer different combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking capacity, allowing you to choose the best mix of resources for your applications.

Instance Types and Families

Instance Types and Families

Category

Families

Purpose/Design

General Purpose

Mac, T4g, T3, T3a, T2, M6g, M6i, M5, M5a, M5n, M5zn, A1

Provide a balance of compute, memory, and networking resources. Suitable for a variety of diverse workloads.

Compute Optimized

C6g, C6gn, C6i, C5, C5a, C5n, C4

Ideal for compute-bound applications that benefit from high performance processors.

Memory Optimized

R6g, R5, R5a, R5b, R5n, R4, X2gd, X1e, X1, High Memory, z1d

Designed to deliver fast performance for workloads that process large data sets in memory.

Accelerated Computing

P4, P3, P2, DL1, Inf1, G5, G4dn, G4ad, G3, F1, VT1

Use hardware accelerators to perform functions like floating-point calculations, graphics processing, etc.

Storage Optimized

I3, I3en, D2, D4, D3en, H1

NVMe SSD-backed instance storage optimized for low latency, high random I/O performance, high read throughput.

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Instance Types and Families (Latest)

Instance Types and Families (Latest)

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R: It’s for RAM purposes like some applications require a huge amount of RAM

C: Its for CPU purposes, for applications that require more CPU processing

M: It stands for Medium instances, web apps, and all

I: It stands for I/O instances, like database instances

G: It stands for GPU instance, for video recording/machine learning

T2/T3: burstable instance

T2/T3 unlimited: unlimited brust

Refer:

Compute – Amazon EC2 Instance Types – AWS⁠

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