r7a.12xlarge vs f2.12xlarge

Instance Typer7a.12xlargef2.12xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedFPGA
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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
Genomics research, financial analytics, real-time video processing, big data search and analysis, and security

f – FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
2 – Generation
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnoyes
FPGA NameVirtex UltraScale+ (VU47P)
FPGA ManufacturerXilinx
FPGA Count2
FPGA Memory80 GiB
FPGA Total Memory160 GiB
Instances
Sizesr7a.12xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r7a.24xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r7a.32xlarge, r7a.48xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r7a.large, r7a.medium, r7a.metal-48xl, r7a.xlargef2.12xlarge, f2.48xlarge, f2.6xlarge
Generationsr5a.12xlarge, r6a.12xlarge, r7a.12xlarge, r8a.12xlarge
Variantsr7g.12xlarge, r7gd.12xlarge, r7i.12xlarge, r7iz.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
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Geography
Region
r7a.12xlarge
f2.12xlarge
CanadaCanada (Central) (ca-central-1)n/a4.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.76754.7520
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.88324.7520
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.08624.9500
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.08625.1480
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.40505.3472
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.4050n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.6516n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.65163.9600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.65163.9600
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