r5b.large vs i4i.large

Instance Typer5b.largei4i.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
b – EBS optimized
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
i – Intel processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5b.12xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5b.large, r5b.metal, r5b.xlargei4i.12xlarge, i4i.16xlarge, i4i.24xlarge, i4i.2xlarge, i4i.32xlarge, i4i.4xlarge, i4i.8xlarge, i4i.large, i4i.metal, i4i.xlarge
Generationsr5b.large, r8ib.largei4i.large, i7i.large
Variantsr5.large, r5a.large, r5ad.large, r5d.large, r5dn.large, r5n.largei4g.large
RDSdb.r5b.large, db.r5b.large.tpc1.mem2x
OpenSearchi4i.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 468 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps78.125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance5417 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance43333 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 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 Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5b.large
i4i.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.15790.1790
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.18100.1890
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.23700.1950
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.1950
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.1990
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.1990
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.1990
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.1990
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2010
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2010
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2010
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.16300.1800
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2050
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2060
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2060
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2060
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2060
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2070
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2070
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.16700.1810
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.2250
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.2260
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.2270
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.2740
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.17500.1850
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.17500.1850
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.17800.1890
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.17800.1890
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.17800.1890
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.18100.1890
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.14900.1720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.14900.1720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.14900.1720
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