m8g.large vs r6g.large

Instance Typem8g.larger6g.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
8 – 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
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.5 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.xlarger6g.12xlarge, r6g.16xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6g.4xlarge, r6g.8xlarge, r6g.large, r6g.medium, r6g.metal, r6g.xlarge
Generationsm6g.large, m7g.large, m8g.large, m9g.larger6g.large, r7g.large, r8g.large
Variantsm8a.large, m8azn.large, m8gb.large, m8gd.large, m8gn.large, m8i-flex.large, m8i.large, m8ib.large, m8id.large, m8idb.large, m8idn.large, m8in.large, m8ine.larger6a.large, r6gd.large, r6i.large, r6id.large, r6idn.large, r6in.large
SageMakerml.r6g.large
RDSdb.m8g.largedb.r6g.large
DocumentDBdb.r6g.large
OpenSearchm8g.large.searchr6g.large.search
ElastiCachecache.r6g.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 4500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth630 Mbps630 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput78.75 Mbps78.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12.5 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m8g.large
r6g.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.06420.0650
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.06420.0650
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08980.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.10380.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.10470.1128
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.10470.1128
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.10470.1180
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.10750.1184
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.11000.1184
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.11030.1184
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.11220.1208
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.11220.1208
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.11220.1208
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08980.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.11220.1208
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.11310.1216
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.11310.1216
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.11590.1216
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.11590.1216
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.11830.1216
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.11880.1220
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.12340.1241
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.12340.1241
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.14310.1268
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.09540.1034
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.1338
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.1340
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.1344
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.1608
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.09540.1034
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.09540.1058
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10000.1070
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10000.1094
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.10010.1104
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.10010.1104
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08980.1008
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