r8gd.xlarge vs i8ge.xlarge

Instance Typer8gd.xlargei8ge.xlarge
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
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8gd.12xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gd.24xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gd.48xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge, r8gd.large, r8gd.medium, r8gd.metal-24xl, r8gd.metal-48xl, r8gd.xlargei8ge.12xlarge, i8ge.18xlarge, i8ge.24xlarge, i8ge.2xlarge, i8ge.3xlarge, i8ge.48xlarge, i8ge.6xlarge, i8ge.large, i8ge.metal-24xl, i8ge.metal-48xl, i8ge.xlarge
Generationsr6gd.xlarge, r7gd.xlarge, r8gd.xlarge
Variantsr8a.xlarge, r8g.xlarge, r8gb.xlarge, r8gn.xlarge, r8i-flex.xlarge, r8i.xlarge, r8ib.xlarge, r8id.xlarge, r8idb.xlarge, r8idn.xlarge, r8in.xlargei8g.xlarge
RDSdb.r8gd.xlarge
OpenSearchr8gd.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSD1 x 2500 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS5000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.60x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r8gd.xlarge
i8ge.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1901n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.29390.4977
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.33820.5586
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.34290.5670
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.34500.5691
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.34510.5691
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.35310.5733
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.35310.5733
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.35310.6269
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3532n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.3552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.3552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.30190.5124
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.3552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.3552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.3552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.3572n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.3878n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.4654n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.31030.5124
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.31960.5250
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.32250.5250
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.32250.5397
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.32660.5523
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.32660.5523
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.33070.5586
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.29390.4746
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.29390.4746
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.4746
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