g2.2xlarge

Amazon EC2 · G2 family

The g2.2xlarge is a gpu & accelerated Amazon EC2 instance type with 8 vCPUs and 15 GiB of memory, 1 × NVIDIA GRID K520, running on Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge) with moderate networking, starting at $0.65 per hour on demand.

gpu & acceleratedx86-64intelgpuprevious generation
vCPUs
8

dedicated

memory
15 GiB

1.88 GiB per vCPU

gpu
1× GRID K520

4 GiB total

on-demand
$0.65

$475/mo · us-east-1

spot
–

not offered

regions
9

across 4 areas

Previous generation. AWS still sells g2.2xlarge, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar instance types below.

g2.2xlarge price by region

9 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved

US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America$0.65
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$0.65
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.702
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$0.702
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$0.772
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia$0.898
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$0.898
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.898
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$1.00

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
8
Memory
15 GiB
Memory per vCPU
1.88 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge)
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Clock speed
2.6 GHz
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
60 GB SSD
Storage detail
1 x 60 SSD
Network
Moderate

accelerators

Count
1
Memory (total)
4 GiB
Architecture
Kepler
Vendor
NVIDIA

aws details

API name
g2.2xlarge
Family
G2
Category
GPU & accelerated
Generation
Previous
Regions
9 (Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $0.65/hr
ECU
26
Enhanced networking
No
Normalization size factor
16
Processor features
Intel AVX; Intel Turbo

G2 family sizes

all about G2→
SizevCPUMemoryAcceleratorLocal storageOn-demandMonthly
g2.2xlarge815 GiB1 × NVIDIA GRID K52060 GB SSD$0.65$475
g2.8xlarge3260 GiB4 × NVIDIA GRID K520240 GB SSD (2 disks)$2.60$1,898

g2.2xlarge FAQ

How much does g2.2xlarge cost?

g2.2xlarge costs $0.65 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $475 per month. Across 9 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.65 in US East (N. Virginia) to $1.00 in Asia Pacific (Singapore). With Windows it costs $0.767 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does g2.2xlarge have?

g2.2xlarge has 8 vCPUs and 15 GiB of memory (1.88 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge). It is a gpu & accelerated instance type in the G2 family.

What GPU does g2.2xlarge have?

g2.2xlarge has 1 × NVIDIA GRID K520 with 4 GiB of accelerator memory in total.