r4.4xlarge vs r8i.4xlarge

Instance Typer4.4xlarger8i.4xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
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
4 – Generation
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.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory122 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr4.16xlarge, r4.2xlarge, r4.4xlarge, r4.8xlarge, r4.large, r4.xlarger8i.12xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8i.24xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8i.32xlarge, r8i.48xlarge, r8i.4xlarge, r8i.8xlarge, r8i.96xlarge, r8i.large, r8i.metal-48xl, r8i.metal-96xl, r8i.xlarge
Generationsr3.4xlarge, r4.4xlarge, r5.4xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r8i.4xlarger6i.4xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r8i.4xlarge
Variantsr8a.4xlarge, r8g.4xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gn.4xlarge, r8i-flex.4xlarge, r8ib.4xlarge, r8id.4xlarge, r8idb.4xlarge, r8idn.4xlarge, r8in.4xlarge
RDSdb.r4.4xlargedb.r8i.4xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r4.4xlarge
OpenSearchr4.4xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r4.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units58
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput3000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput437.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance18750 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
r4.4xlarge
r8i.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.09601.1395
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.28001.3054
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.28001.3054
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.28001.3054
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.28041.3318
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.24001.3318
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.3318
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.3406
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.3406
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.3406
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.3406
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.16801.1466
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.3680
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.3984
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.4747
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.4818
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.7728
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.18561.1466
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.18561.1819
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.24801.2172
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.24801.2172
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.27681.2348
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.27681.2436
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.28001.2436
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.06401.1114
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.06401.1114
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.06401.1114
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