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EC2 Instance Types In AWS
| Category | Families | Purpose/Design |
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| General Purpose | Mac, T4g, T3, T3a, T2, M6g, M6i, M5, M5a, M5n, M5zn, M5, A1 | General Purpose Instances provide a balance of computing, memory, and networking resources, and can be used for a variety of diverse workloads. |
| Compute Optimized | C6g, C6gn, C6i, C5, C5a, C5n, C4 | Compute-optimized is 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 | Memory-optimized instances are 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 | Accelerated Computing instances use hardware accelerators, or co-processors to perform functions such as floating-point number calculations, graphics processing, or data pattern matching. |
| Storage Optimized | I3, I3en, D2, D4, D3en, H1 | This instance family provides Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSD-Backed instance storage optimized for low latency, very high random I/O performance, high sequential read throughput, and high IOPS at a low cost. |