r5a.large vs i4g.large

Instance Typer5a.largei4g.large
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedStorage 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
large – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

i – IOPS / storage optimized
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5a.12xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5a.large, r5a.xlargei4g.16xlarge, i4g.2xlarge, i4g.4xlarge, i4g.8xlarge, i4g.large, i4g.xlarge
Generationsr5a.large, r6a.large, r7a.large, r8a.largei4g.large, i8g.large
Variantsr5.large, r5ad.large, r5b.large, r5d.large, r5dn.large, r5n.largei4i.large
OpenSearchi4g.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 468 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps78.125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.38x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.large
i4g.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.11300.1702
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1370n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1370n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1810n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.12400.1702
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.12600.1851
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.12700.1851
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.13300.2466
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.1330n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1330n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1360n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.11300.1544
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.11300.1544
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1544
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