g5g.metal vs r6a.metal
| g5g.metal | r6a.metal |
| GPU instance | Memory optimized |
| Machine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks. g – GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) 5 – Generation g – AWS Graviton processor metal – Bare metal | 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 a – AMD processor metal – Bare metal |
| 64 | 192 |
| 128 GiB | 1536 GiB |
| arm64 | x86_64 |
| AWS Graviton2 Processor | AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor |
| 2.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| 1 | 2 |
| yes | no |
| T4g | |
| NVIDIA | |
| 2 | |
| 16 GiB | |
| 32 GiB | |
| no | no |
| 32 GiB | |
| no | no |
| g5g.16xlarge, g5g.2xlarge, g5g.4xlarge, g5g.8xlarge, g5g.metal, g5g.xlarge | r6a.12xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r6a.32xlarge, r6a.48xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r6a.large, r6a.metal, r6a.xlarge |
| r6g.metal, r6gd.metal, r6i.metal, r6id.metal, r6idn.metal, r6in.metal | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| EBS only | EBS only |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| 19000 MBps | 40000 MBps |
| 19000 Mbps | 40000 Mbps |
| 2375 Mbps | 5000 Mbps |
| 80000 IOPS | 240000 IOPS |
| 80000 IOPS | 240000 IOPS |
| 19000 Mbps | 40000 Mbps |
| 2375 Mbps | 5000 Mbps |
| 25 Gigabit | 50000 Megabit |
| yes | yes |
| 15 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 50 | 50 |
| 50 | 50 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | yes |
| 1 | |
| no | yes |
| no | yes |
| 1.00x | 3.40x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | g5g.metal | r6a.metal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2) | n/a | 6.8640 |
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) | n/a | 6.8640 |
| Europe | Europe (Spain) (eu-south-2) | 3.0622 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 3.3752 | 10.8864 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 13.1328 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 3.4326 | 10.8864 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 3.7039 | 11.9232 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 3.8395 | 12.0960 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 3.8395 | 12.1824 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 12.7872 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 13.0464 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 13.1328 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 13.1328 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 2.7440 | 10.8864 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 2.7440 | n/a |