m8g.2xlarge vs r8a.2xlarge

Instance Typem8g.2xlarger8a.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – 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.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8g.12xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8g.24xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8g.48xlarge, m8g.4xlarge, m8g.8xlarge, m8g.large, m8g.medium, m8g.metal-24xl, m8g.metal-48xl, m8g.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.2xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarger5a.2xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r8a.2xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarger8g.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
RDSdb.m8g.2xlargedb.r8a.2xlarge
OpenSearchm8g.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1540
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1540
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.66x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m8g.2xlarge
r8a.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2566n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2566n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.35900.7151
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.4152n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.4189n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4189n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4189n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4302n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4402n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4414n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.4488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.35900.7151
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.4523n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.4525n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.4638n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.4638n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.4731n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.4750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.4937n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.4937n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.5722n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.38150.7709
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.38150.7709
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.3815n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.3999n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.4002n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.4002n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4002n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.6390
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.35900.6390
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.6390
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