r6a.large vs i7i.large

Instance Typer6a.largei7i.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
6 – 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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6a.12xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r6a.32xlarge, r6a.48xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r6a.large, r6a.metal, r6a.xlargei7i.12xlarge, i7i.16xlarge, i7i.24xlarge, i7i.2xlarge, i7i.48xlarge, i7i.4xlarge, i7i.8xlarge, i7i.large, i7i.metal-24xl, i7i.metal-48xl, i7i.xlarge
Generationsr5a.large, r6a.large, r7a.large, r8a.largei4i.large, i7i.large
Variantsr6g.large, r6gd.large, r6i.large, r6id.large, r6idn.large, r6in.largei7ie.large
OpenSearchi7i.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 468 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps78.125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp 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 Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.86x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.large
i7i.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0715n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0715n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.11340.1972
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.13680.2142
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.2185
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.2190
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.2190
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.2190
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.2214
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.2214
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2214
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2251
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2263
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.11340.2036
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2263
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2263
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2263
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2275
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2275
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2287
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2476
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2481
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.2493
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.3013
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.12420.2036
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.12600.2081
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.12690.2081
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.13320.2081
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.13590.2081
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.13680.2081
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.13680.2142
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1888
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.11340.1888
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1888
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