a1.large vs r7g.large

Instance Typea1.larger7g.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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.6 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarger7g.12xlarge, r7g.16xlarge, r7g.2xlarge, r7g.4xlarge, r7g.8xlarge, r7g.large, r7g.medium, r7g.metal, r7g.xlarge
Generationsr6g.large, r7g.large, r8g.large, r9g.large
Variantsr7a.large, r7gd.large, r7i.large, r7iz.large
SageMakerml.r7g.large
RDSdb.r7g.large
OpenSearchr7g.large.search
ElastiCachecache.r7g.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth525 Mbps630 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput65.625 Mbps78.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.17x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.large
r7g.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.0751
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.05100.0751
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.05100.1071
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.1190
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.1198
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.1199
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.1255
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.1258
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.1258
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.1258
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.1284
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.1284
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.1284
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.05760.1071
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.1284
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.1292
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.1292
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.1292
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.1292
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.1292
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.1292
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.1318
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.1318
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.1348
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.05820.1098
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.1420
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.1421
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.1428
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.1704
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.05880.1098
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.06420.1125
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.06660.1139
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.1163
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.1173
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.1173
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.0510n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.05100.1071
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