m6in.4xlarge vs r8a.4xlarge

Instance Typem6in.4xlarger8a.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
High-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
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed3.5 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6in.12xlarge, m6in.16xlarge, m6in.24xlarge, m6in.2xlarge, m6in.32xlarge, m6in.4xlarge, m6in.8xlarge, m6in.large, m6in.metal, m6in.xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.48xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.large, r8a.medium, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.xlarge
Generationsm6in.4xlarge, m8in.4xlarger5a.4xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r8a.4xlarge
Variantsm6a.4xlarge, m6g.4xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6id.4xlarge, m6idn.4xlarger8g.4xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gn.4xlarge, r8i-flex.4xlarge, r8i.4xlarge, r8ib.4xlarge, r8id.4xlarge, r8idb.4xlarge, r8idn.4xlarge, r8in.4xlarge
RDSdb.m6in.4xlargedb.r8a.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1562.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance50000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance100000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 50000 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3040
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3040
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.09x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m6in.4xlarge
r8a.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.16061.4302
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.3666n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.3946n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.4321n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.4677n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.18401.4302
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.24141.5418
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.24141.5418
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.2449n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.2878n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.2995n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.3198n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.3478n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.11381.2781
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.11381.2781
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.11381.2781
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