a1.4xlarge vs r5dn.4xlarge

Instance Typea1.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB128 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.4xlarge, r6idn.4xlarge, r8idn.4xlarge
Variantsr5.4xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5d.4xlarge, r5n.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput437.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS18750 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 Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
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
a1.4xlarge
r5dn.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40801.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.6320
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46081.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46561.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.47041.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.51361.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53281.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.6080
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.40801.3360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40801.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.3360
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