r5n.4xlarge vs is4gen.4xlarge

Instance Typer5n.4xlargeis4gen.4xlarge
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
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

is – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to six ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB96 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5n.12xlarge, r5n.16xlarge, r5n.24xlarge, r5n.2xlarge, r5n.4xlarge, r5n.8xlarge, r5n.large, r5n.metal, r5n.xlargeis4gen.2xlarge, is4gen.4xlarge, is4gen.8xlarge, is4gen.large, is4gen.medium, is4gen.xlarge
Generationsr5n.4xlarge, r6in.4xlarge, r8in.4xlarge
Variantsr5.4xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5d.4xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 7500 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput2120 MBps9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.85x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
r5n.4xlarge
is4gen.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.22402.5500
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.5890n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.8880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.27202.5500
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.30402.6200
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.33602.6826
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.35202.6826
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.40002.7132
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.40002.7540
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.40002.7642
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.42402.7642
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.19202.3052
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.19202.3052
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.19202.3052
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