r8gb.large vs i8ge.large

Instance Typer8gb.largei8ge.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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
e – Extra storage or memory
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8gb.12xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gb.24xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gb.48xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gb.8xlarge, r8gb.large, r8gb.medium, r8gb.metal-24xl, r8gb.metal-48xl, r8gb.xlargei8ge.12xlarge, i8ge.18xlarge, i8ge.24xlarge, i8ge.2xlarge, i8ge.3xlarge, i8ge.48xlarge, i8ge.6xlarge, i8ge.large, i8ge.metal-24xl, i8ge.metal-48xl, i8ge.xlarge
Variantsr8a.large, r8g.large, r8gd.large, r8gn.large, r8i-flex.large, r8i.large, r8ib.large, r8id.large, r8idb.large, r8idn.large, r8in.largei8g.large
OpenSearchi8ge.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1250 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3125 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput390.625 Mbps78.125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance15000 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 20 GigabitUp to 25 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 Diff1.00x1.48x

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r8gb.large
i8ge.large
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HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.2867
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HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.2793
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.2373
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.18220.2373
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.18220.2373
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