r5.2xlarge vs r8i.2xlarge

Instance Typer5.2xlarger8i.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
5 – Generation
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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5.12xlarge, r5.16xlarge, r5.24xlarge, r5.2xlarge, r5.4xlarge, r5.8xlarge, r5.large, r5.metal, r5.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
Generationsr3.2xlarge, r4.2xlarge, r5.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarger6i.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge
Variantsr5a.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5n.2xlarger8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r5.2xlarge
RDSdb.r5.2xlarge, db.r5.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x, db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x, db.r5.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.r8i.2xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r5.2xlarge
OpenSearchr5.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r5.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units37
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4750 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.09x

Regional Prices

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r5.2xlarge
r8i.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.52000.5698
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.59200.6527
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.59200.6527
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.59200.6527
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.60400.6659
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.60400.6659
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.60400.6659
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.60400.6703
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.60800.6703
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.60800.6703
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.60800.6703
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.52000.5733
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.60800.6840
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.60800.6992
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.60800.7374
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.62000.7409
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.62000.8864
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.6680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.6690n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.6720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.8040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.53600.5733
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.55200.5910
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.55200.6086
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.56000.6086
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.56400.6174
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.56400.6218
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.59200.6218
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.50400.5557
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.50400.5557
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.50400.5557
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