a1.2xlarge vs r5dn.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlarger5dn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarger5dn.12xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5dn.large, r5dn.metal, r5dn.xlarge
Generationsr5dn.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge
Variantsr5.2xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5n.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps2300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps287.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.40x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
r5dn.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20400.7080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.8120
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.8160
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.8840
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23040.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23280.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23520.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25680.7960
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26640.7960
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.8040
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.8040
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20400.6680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20400.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.6680
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