Document history for the Amazon EC2 Instance Types Guide
The following table describes the instance type releases for Amazon EC2.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
M8g instances | New general purpose instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors. | September 25, 2024 |
C8g instances | New compute optimized instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors. | September 25, 2024 |
X8g instances | New memory optimized instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors. | September 18, 2024 |
P5e instances | New accelerated computing instance type for the latest generation GPU instances featuring NVIDIA H200 GPUs for large scale ML Training/inference and HPC. | September 9, 2024 |
G6e instances | New accelerated computing instances that feature up to 8 NVIDIA L40S GPUs, which offer 48 GB of GPU memory. | August 15, 2024 |
G6e instances | New accelerated computing instances that feature up to 8 NVIDIA L40S GPUs, which offer 48 GB of GPU memory. | August 15, 2024 |
Nitro version features | Updated Nitro page to include features and instance types by Nitro version. Added Nitro version to the Hypervisor column in the Platform summary tables also. | July 22, 2024 |
R8g instances | New memory optimized instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and up to 1.5 TiB memory. | July 9, 2024 |
Mac2-m1ultra instances | New general purpose instance type that features Apple M1 Ultra processors. | June 17, 2024 |
U7i-12tb, U7in-16tb, U7in-24tb, and U7in-32tb instances | New high memory instance types that feature 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. | May 28, 2024 |
C7i-flex instances | New compute optimized instances featuring Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids). They deliver a baseline CPU performance of 40 percent with the ability to deliver up to 100 percent CPU performance for 95 percent of the time over a 24-hour period. | May 14, 2024 |
G6 and Gr6 instances | New high performance GPU-based instance types for deep learning inference and graphics-intensive applications. | April 4, 2024 |
C7gn bare metal instances | New | March 26, 2024 |
C7gd, M7gd, and R7gd bare metal instances | New bare metal instances. | March 6, 2024 |
DL2q instances | New instances that use Qualcomm AI100 inference accelerators, which feature 7th generation Qualcomm Edge AI cores. These instances can be used to cost-efficiently deploy deep learning (DL) workloads in the cloud or validate performance and accuracy of DL workloads that will be deployed on Qualcomm edge devices. | November 15, 2023 |
Mac2-m2 instances | New general purpose instance type that features Apple M2 processors. | October 25, 2023 |
R7i instances | New memory optimized instance types that feature 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. | October 16, 2023 |
C7a instances | New compute optimized instances powered by 4th generation AMD EPYC processors. | October 4, 2023 |
Mac2-m2pro instances | New general purpose instance type that features Apple M2 Pro processors. | September 18, 2023 |
C7i instances | New compute optimized instance types that feature 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. | September 14, 2023 |
R7a instances | New memory optimized instance types featuring 4th generation AMD EPYC 9R14 processors and up to 1536 GiB of system memory. | September 11, 2023 |
R7iz instances | New high-frequency and high memory instances powered by 4th generation Intel Xeon processors. | September 7, 2023 |
Hpc7a instances | New compute optimized instance types that feature 4th generation AMD EPYC processors. These instances support up to 300 Gbps networking bandwidth, and up to 192 CPU cores with up to 768 GB of system memory. | August 17, 2023 |
M7a instances | New general purpose instances powered by 4th generation AMD EPYC processors. | August 15, 2023 |
M7i-flex instances | New general purpose instances that offer a balance of compute, memory, and network resources for a broad spectrum of general purpose applications. They deliver a baseline CPU performance of 40 percent with the ability to deliver up to 100 percent CPU performance for 95 percent of the time over a 24-hour period. | August 2, 2023 |
M7i instances | New general purpose instance types that feature 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. | August 2, 2023 |
R7gd instances | New memory optimized instances featuring the latest AWS Graviton3 processors. | July 28, 2023 |
M7gd instances | New general purpose instances featuring the latest AWS Graviton3 processors. | July 28, 2023 |
C7gd instances | New compute optimized instances featuring the latest AWS Graviton3 processors. | July 28, 2023 |
P5 instances | New accelerated computing instances that feature 8 NVIDIA H100 GPUs with 640 GB high-bandwidth GPU memory, 3rd generation AMD EPYC processors, and 2 TB system memory. | July 26, 2023 |
Hpc7g instances | New high-performance computing instances powered by AWS Graviton3E processors that provide up to 35 percent higher vector-instruction processing performance than Graviton3 processors. | June 20, 2023 |
C7gn instances | New compute optimized instances powered by the latest generation AWS Graviton3E processors and the new AWS Nitro cards. These instances offer up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth. | June 20, 2023 |
I4g instances | New storage optimized instances that features the AWS Graviton2 processor and AWS Nitro SSDs. | May 9, 2023 |
Trn1n instances | New accelerated computing instances optimized for machine learning training powered by AWS Trainium accelerators. | April 13, 2023 |
Inf2 instances | New instances featuring AWS Inferentia2 accelerators, the latest machine learning chip designed by AWS. | April 13, 2023 |
Hpc6id instance | New memory optimized instance featuring 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Ice Lake). | November 29, 2022 |
R6in and R6idn instances | New memory optimized instances for network-intensive workloads. | November 28, 2022 |
M6in and M6idn instances | New general computing instances types. | November 28, 2022 |
C6in instances | New compute optimized instances ideal for running high performance computing. | November 28, 2022 |
Trn1 instances | New accelerated computing instances optimized for deep learning powered by AWS Trainium chips. | October 10, 2022 |
R6a instances | New memory optimized instances featuring 3rd generation AMD EPYC processors. | July 19, 2022 |
R6id instances | New memory optimized instances featuring 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Ice Lake). | June 9, 2022 |
M6id instances | New general purpose instances featuring 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Ice Lake). | May 26, 2022 |
C6id instances | New compute optimized instances featuring 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Ice Lake). | May 26, 2022 |
C7g instances | New compute optimized instances featuring AWS Graviton3 processors. | May 23, 2022 |
I4i instances | New storage optimized instances featuring 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Ice Lake). | April 27, 2022 |
X2idn and X2iedn instances | New memory optimized instances featuring Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Ice Lake). | March 10, 2022 |
C6a instances | New compute optimized instances featuring 3rd generation AMD EPYC processors (Milan). | February 14, 2022 |
X2iezn instances | New memory optimized instances featuring Intel Xeon Platinum processors (Cascade Lake). | January 26, 2022 |
Hpc6a instances | New compute optimized instances featuring AMD EPYC processors. | January 10, 2022 |
Im4gn and Is4gen instances | New storage optimized instances. | November 30, 2021 |
M6a instances | New general purpose instances powered by AMD 3rd Generation EPYC processors. | November 29, 2021 |
G5g instances | New accelerated computing instances featuring AWS Graviton2 processors based on 64-bit Arm architecture. | November 29, 2021 |
R6i instances | New memory optimized instances. | November 22, 2021 |
G5 instances | New accelerated computing instances featuring up to 8 NVIDIA A10G GPUs and second generation AMD EPY processors. | November 11, 2021 |
C6i instances | New compute optimized instances featuring Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Ice Lake). | October 28, 2021 |
DL1 instances | New accelerated computing instances featuring Habana Gaudi accelerators and Intel Xeon Platinum processors (Cascade Lake). | October 26, 2021 |
VT1 instances | New accelerated computing instances that use Xilinx Alveo U30 media accelerators and are designed for live video transcoding workloads. | September 13, 2021 |
M6i instances | New general purpose instances featuring third generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Ice Lake). | August 16, 2021 |
High memory virtualized instances | Virtualized high memory instances purpose-built to run large in-memory databases. The new types are u-6tb1.56xlarge, u-6tb1.112xlarge, u-9tb1.112xlarge, and u-12tb1.112xlarge. | May 11, 2021 |
X2gd instances | New memory optimized instances featuring an AWS Graviton2 processor based on 64-bit Arm architecture. | March 16, 2021 |
C6gn instances | New computed optimized instances featuring an AWS Graviton2 processor based on 64-bit Arm architecture. These instances can utilize up to 100 Gbps of network bandwidth. | December 18, 2020 |
G4ad instances | New instances powered by AMD Radeon Pro V520 GPUs and AMD 2nd Generation EPYC processors. | December 9, 2020 |
D3, D3en, M5zn, and R5b instances | New instance types built on the Nitro System. | December 1, 2020 |
Mac1 instances | New instances built on Apple Mac mini computers that support running macOS workloads on Amazon EC2. | November 30, 2020 |
P4d instances | New accelerated computing instances that provide a high-performance platform for machine learning and HPC workloads. | November 2, 2020 |
T4g instances | New general purpose instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors, which are based on 64-bit Arm Neoverse cores and custom silicon designed by AWS for optimized performance and cost. | September 14, 2020 |
C5ad instances | New compute optimized instances featuring second-generation AMD EPYC processors. | August 13, 2020 |
C6gd, M6gd, and R6gd instances | New general purpose instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors, which are based on 64-bit Arm Neoverse cores and custom silicon designed by AWS for optimized performance and cost. | July 27, 2020 |
C6g and R6g instances | New general purpose instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors, which are based on 64-bit Arm Neoverse cores and custom silicon designed by AWS for optimized performance and cost. | June 10, 2020 |
C5a instances | New compute optimized instances featuring second-generation AMD EPYC processors. | June 4, 2020 |
M6g instances | New general purpose instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors, which are based on 64-bit Arm Neoverse cores and custom silicon designed by AWS for optimized performance and cost. | May 11, 2020 |
Inf1 instances | New instances featuring AWS Inferentia, a machine learning inference chip designed to deliver high performance at a low cost. | December 3, 2019 |
G4dn instances | New instances featuring NVIDIA Tesla GPUs. | September 19, 2019 |
I3en instances | New I3en instances can utilize up to 100 Gbps of network bandwidth. | May 8, 2019 |
T3a instances | New instances featuring AMD EPYC processors. | April 24, 2019 |
M5ad and R5ad instances | New instances featuring AMD EPYC processors. | March 27, 2019 |
p3dn.24xlarge instances | New instances that provide 100 Gbps of network bandwidth. | December 7, 2018 |
C5n instances | New instances that provide up to 100 Gbps of network bandwidth. | November 26, 2018 |
A1 instances | New instances featuring Arm-based processors. | November 26, 2018 |
R5a instances | New instances featuring AMD EPYC processors. | November 6, 2018 |
M5a instances | New instances featuring AMD EPYC processors. | November 6, 2018 |
T3 instances | New instances featuring AMD EPYC processors. | August 21, 2018 |
z1d instances | New memory optimized instances. | July 25, 2018 |
R5 and R5d instances | New memory optimized instances. | July 25, 2018 |
X1e instances | New memory optimized instances. | November 28, 2017 |
M5 instances | New general purpose instances. | November 28, 2017 |
H1 instances | New storage optimized instances. | November 28, 2017 |
C5 instances | New compute optimized instances. | November 6, 2017 |
P3 instances | New accelerated computing instances. | October 25, 2017 |
G3 instances | New accelerated computing instances. | July 13, 2017 |
F1 instances | New accelerated computing instances. | April 19, 2017 |
I3 instances | New storage optimized instances. | February 23, 2017 |
R4 instances | New memory optimized instances. | November 30, 2016 |
P2 instances | New accelerated computing instances. | September 29, 2016 |
X1 instances | New memory optimized instances. | May 18, 2016 |
M4 instances | New general purpose instances. | June 11, 2015 |
D2 instances | New storage optimized instances. | March 24, 2015 |
C4 instances | New compute optimized instances. | January 11, 2015 |
T2 instances | New general purpose instances. | June 30, 2014 |
