r5.large vs r8i.large

Instance Typer5.larger8i.large
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
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB16 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.large, r4.large, r5.large, r6i.large, r7i.large, r8i.larger6i.large, r7i.large, r8i.large
Variantsr5a.large, r5ad.large, r5b.large, r5d.large, r5dn.large, r5n.larger8a.large, r8g.large, r8gb.large, r8gd.large, r8gn.large, r8i-flex.large, r8ib.large, r8id.large, r8idb.large, r8idn.large, r8in.large
SageMakerml.r5.large
RDSdb.r5.large, db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2xdb.r8i.large
DocumentDBdb.r5.large
OpenSearchr5.large.search
ElastiCachecache.r5.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units10
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4750 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.09x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r5.large
r8i.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.13000.1424
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.14800.1632
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.14800.1632
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.14800.1632
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.15100.1665
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.15100.1665
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.15100.1665
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.15100.1676
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.15200.1676
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.15200.1676
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.15200.1676
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.13000.1433
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.15200.1710
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.15200.1748
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.15200.1843
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.15500.1852
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.15500.2216
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1670n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1670n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2010n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.13400.1433
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.13800.1477
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.13800.1522
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.14000.1522
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.14100.1544
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.14100.1555
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.14800.1555
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.12600.1389
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.12600.1389
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.12600.1389
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