r5ad.4xlarge vs hpc7g.4xlarge

Instance Typer5ad.4xlargehpc7g.4xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedCompute 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
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
High-performance computing (HPC), computational fluid dynamics, computational finance, seismic analysis, reservoir simulation, risk analysis, and weather modeling.

hpc – High performance computing (HPC) / high disk throughput
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed2.2 GHz2.6 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5ad.12xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5ad.24xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5ad.large, r5ad.xlargehpc7g.16xlarge, hpc7g.4xlarge, hpc7g.8xlarge
Variantsr5.4xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5d.4xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5n.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBps87 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2880 Mbps87 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput360 Mbps10.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance16000 IOPS500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS11000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps2085 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps260.625 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit200 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.60x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5ad.4xlarge
hpc7g.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.6640n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a1.8059
USGovCloud (US-West) (us-gov-west-1)n/a2.0262
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.04802.1117
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.6640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.1520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.1680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.1840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.2320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.2640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.2640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.2640n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.0480n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.04801.6832
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