r6i.2xlarge vs r5.2xlarge

Instance Typer6i.2xlarger5.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 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.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarger3.2xlarge, r4.2xlarge, r5.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge
Variantsr6a.2xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6in.2xlarger5a.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5n.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r6i.2xlargeml.r5.2xlarge
RDSdb.r6i.2xlarge, db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x, db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x, db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r5.2xlarge, db.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x, db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x, db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
DocumentDBdb.r5.2xlarge
OpenSearchr5.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r5.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
EC2 Compute Units37
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps287.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 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 Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

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r6i.2xlarge
r5.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.51680.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.56000.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.56400.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.59200.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.59200.6040
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.59200.6040
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.59220.6040
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.60400.6040
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.60400.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.60400.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.60800.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.51680.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.60800.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.60800.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.60800.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.60800.6200
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.62040.6200
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.62040.6680
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.63420.6690
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.66800.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.66880.8040
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.6720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.52000.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.8040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.52000.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.52920.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53600.5600
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.54720.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.55200.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.55200.5920
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.50400.5040
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.50400.5040
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.50400.5040
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