m7g.large vs r8a.large

Instance Typem7g.larger8a.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed2.6 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm7g.12xlarge, m7g.16xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m7g.4xlarge, m7g.8xlarge, m7g.large, m7g.medium, m7g.metal, m7g.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
Generationsm6g.large, m7g.large, m8g.larger5a.large, r6a.large, r7a.large, r8a.large
Variantsm7a.large, m7gd.large, m7i-flex.large, m7i.larger8g.large, r8gb.large, r8gd.large, r8gn.large, r8i-flex.large, r8i.large, r8ib.large, r8id.large, r8idb.large, r8idn.large, r8in.large
SageMakerml.m7g.large
RDSdb.m7g.largedb.r8a.large
OpenSearchm7g.large.search
ElastiCachecache.m7g.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth630 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput78.75 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.82x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m7g.large
r8a.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0583n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0583n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08160.1788
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.0944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.0949n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.0952n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.0952n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.0955n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.0978n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1003n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08160.1788
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1028n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1028n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1054n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1054n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1071n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1075n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.1080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.1122n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.08570.1927
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.1122n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.1301n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.08670.1927
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.0867n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.0867n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.0909n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.0910n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.0910n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1598
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08160.1598
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1598
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