a1.large vs r6gd.large

Instance Typea1.larger6gd.large
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
large – 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
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarger6gd.12xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6gd.large, r6gd.medium, r6gd.metal, r6gd.xlarge
Generationsr6gd.large, r7gd.large, r8gd.large
Variantsr6a.large, r6g.large, r6i.large, r6id.large, r6idn.large, r6in.large
SageMakerml.r6gd.large
RDSdb.r6gd.large
OpenSearchr6gd.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 118 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 4500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth525 Mbps630 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput65.625 Mbps78.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.35x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.large
r6gd.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.05100.0747
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.05100.1152
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.1384
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.1384
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.1384
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.1390
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.1390
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.1390
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.1390
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.1392
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.1518
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.05760.1216
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.1824
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.05820.1264
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.05880.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.06420.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.06660.1300
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.1352
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.1352
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.1380
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.05100.1152
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.05100.1152
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