r8id.large vs im4gn.large

Instance Typer8id.largeim4gn.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.

rRAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
large – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

imIOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.9 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8id.12xlarge, r8id.16xlarge, r8id.24xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8id.32xlarge, r8id.48xlarge, r8id.4xlarge, r8id.8xlarge, r8id.96xlarge, r8id.large, r8id.metal-48xl, r8id.metal-96xl, r8id.xlargeim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge
Generationsr6id.large, r8id.large
Variantsr8a.large, r8g.large, r8gb.large, r8gd.large, r8gn.large, r8i-flex.large, r8i.large
OpenSearchim4gn.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSD1 x 937 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface2010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface2010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.13x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
r8id.large
im4gn.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.18480.2006
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.19980.2006
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.20100.2006
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.2065
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.2110
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.2111
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.2111
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.2134
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.2169
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.16630.1819
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.16630.1819
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.16630.1819
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