c6gn.large vs r8a.large

Instance Typec6gn.larger8a.large
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6gn.12xlarge, c6gn.16xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6gn.8xlarge, c6gn.large, c6gn.medium, c6gn.metal, c6gn.xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.48xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.large, r8a.medium, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.large, c7gn.large, c8gn.larger5a.large, r6a.large, r7a.large, r8a.large
Variantsc6a.large, c6g.large, c6gd.large, c6i.large, c6id.large, c6in.larger8g.large, r8gb.large, r8gd.large, r8gn.large, r8i-flex.large, r8i.large, r8ib.large, r8id.large, r8idb.large, r8idn.large, r8in.large
SageMakerml.c6gn.large
RDSdb.r8a.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 9500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1235 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput154.375 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance5000 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.74x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c6gn.large
r8a.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.0842n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.0842n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08640.1788
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.0981n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.0986n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.0990n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.0992n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1025n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1025n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1025n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1032n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08640.1788
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1072n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1092n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1130n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1145n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1187n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1330n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.08650.1927
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.09070.1927
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.0930n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.0946n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.0946n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.0975n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.0976n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1598
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08640.1598
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1598
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