m8gd.16xlarge vs r8gd.16xlarge

Instance Typem8gd.16xlarger8gd.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8gd.12xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gd.24xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gd.48xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m8gd.large, m8gd.medium, m8gd.metal-24xl, m8gd.metal-48xl, m8gd.xlarger8gd.12xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gd.24xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gd.48xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge, r8gd.large, r8gd.medium, r8gd.metal-24xl, r8gd.metal-48xl, r8gd.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.16xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m9gd.16xlarger6gd.16xlarge, r7gd.16xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge
Variantsm8a.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8in.16xlarger8a.16xlarge, r8g.16xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gn.16xlarge, r8i-flex.16xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge, r8id.16xlarge, r8idb.16xlarge, r8idn.16xlarge, r8in.16xlarge
RDSdb.m8gd.16xlargedb.r8gd.16xlarge
OpenSearchr8gd.16xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSD2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance30 Gigabit30 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.27x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m8gd.16xlarge
r8gd.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.45383.0413
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.69024.7027
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.67205.4118
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.67205.4867
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.76805.5194
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)5.87845.5213
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a5.6499
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a5.6499
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a5.6499
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a5.6518
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a5.6826
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a5.6826
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.91424.8301
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a5.6826
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a5.6826
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a5.6826
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a5.7158
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a6.2054
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a7.4464
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.11524.9645
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.11525.1142
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.11525.1597
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.27845.1597
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.31105.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.44165.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.63745.2909
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.69024.7027
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.69024.7027
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