r6i.12xlarge vs r5.12xlarge

Instance Typer6i.12xlarger5.12xlarge
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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
12xlarge – 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
5 – Generation
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6i.12xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6i.24xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6i.32xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6i.large, r6i.metal, r6i.xlarger5.12xlarge, r5.16xlarge, r5.24xlarge, r5.2xlarge, r5.4xlarge, r5.8xlarge, r5.large, r5.metal, r5.xlarge
Generationsr6i.12xlarge, r7i.12xlarge, r8i.12xlarger5.12xlarge, r6i.12xlarge, r7i.12xlarge, r8i.12xlarge
Variantsr6a.12xlarge, r6g.12xlarge, r6gd.12xlarge, r6id.12xlarge, r6idn.12xlarge, r6in.12xlarger5a.12xlarge, r5ad.12xlarge, r5b.12xlarge, r5d.12xlarge, r5dn.12xlarge, r5n.12xlarge
SageMakerml.r6i.12xlargeml.r5.12xlarge
RDSdb.r6i.12xlarge, db.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2xdb.r5.12xlarge, db.r5.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
DocumentDBdb.r5.12xlarge
OpenSearchr5.12xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r5.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units168
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
r6i.12xlarge
r5.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.10083.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.36003.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.38403.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.55203.5530
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.55203.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.55203.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.55323.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.62403.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.62403.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.62403.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.64803.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.10083.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.64803.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.64803.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.64803.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.64803.7220
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.72243.7220
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.72244.0080
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.80524.0130
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)4.00804.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)4.01284.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)4.0320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.12003.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)4.8240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.12003.3120
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.17523.3120
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.21603.3600
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.28323.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.31203.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.31203.5520
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.02403.0240
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.02403.0240
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.02403.0240
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