r9gd.8xlarge vs cr1.8xlarge

Instance Typer9gd.8xlargecr1.8xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
High memory and compute applications.

cr – Compute Rich
1 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64n/a
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr9gd.12xlarge, r9gd.16xlarge, r9gd.24xlarge, r9gd.2xlarge, r9gd.48xlarge, r9gd.4xlarge, r9gd.8xlarge, r9gd.large, r9gd.medium, r9gd.metal-48xl, r9gd.xlargecr1.8xlarge
Generationsr6gd.8xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge, r9gd.8xlarge
Variantsr9g.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units88
Instance Storage1 x 1900 NVMe SSD2 x 120 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput12000 MBps400 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance17 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces10
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.38x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r9gd.8xlarge
cr1.8xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a3.7500
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.07944.1050
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.5629n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.56293.5000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.56293.5000
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