r7i.xlarge vs r4.xlarge

Instance Typer7i.xlarger4.xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
xlarge – Size
Obsolete. 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB30.5 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed3.2 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr7i.12xlarge, r7i.16xlarge, r7i.24xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r7i.48xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r7i.large, r7i.metal-24xl, r7i.metal-48xl, r7i.xlarger4.16xlarge, r4.2xlarge, r4.4xlarge, r4.8xlarge, r4.large, r4.xlarge
Generationsr6i.xlarge, r7i.xlarge, r8i.xlarger3.xlarge, r4.xlarge, r5.xlarge, r6i.xlarge, r7i.xlarge, r8i.xlarge
Variantsr7a.xlarge, r7g.xlarge, r7gd.xlarge, r7iz.xlarge
SageMakerml.r7i.xlarge
RDSdb.r7i.xlarge, db.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r4.xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r4.xlarge
OpenSearchr7i.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r4.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units16
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps106.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps106.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r7i.xlarge
r4.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.27130.2740
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.29610.3200
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.29610.3200
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.31080.3200
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.31080.3201
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.31080.5600
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3171n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3171n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3171n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.3171n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.3192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.27130.2920
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.3192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.3192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.3192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.3192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.3192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.3330n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.4221n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.27300.2964
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.27300.2964
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.27780.3120
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.28140.3120
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.28730.3192
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.28980.3192
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.29400.3200
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.26460.2660
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.26460.2660
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.26460.2660
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