r5a.xlarge vs r5.xlarge

Instance Typer5a.xlarger5.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.

rRAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – 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.

rRAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5a.12xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5a.large, r5a.xlarger5.12xlarge, r5.16xlarge, r5.24xlarge, r5.2xlarge, r5.4xlarge, r5.8xlarge, r5.large, r5.metal, r5.xlarge
Generationsr5a.xlarge, r6a.xlarge, r7a.xlarge, r8a.xlarger3.xlarge, r4.xlarge, r5.xlarge, r6i.xlarge, r7i.xlarge, r8i.xlarge
Variantsr5.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarger5a.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarge
SageMakerml.r5.xlarge
RDSdb.r5.xlarge, db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
DocumentDBdb.r5.xlarge
OpenSearchr5.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r5.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units19
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1085 Mbps1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput135.625 Mbps143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp 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 Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.15x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
r5a.xlarge
r5.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1430n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.22600.2600
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.27200.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.27200.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.27200.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.27400.3020
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.27400.3020
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.36200.3020
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.3020
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.24800.2600
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.3100
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.3100
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.4020
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.25200.2680
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.25400.2760
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.26600.2760
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26600.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.26600.2820
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.27200.2820
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.27200.2960
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.22600.2520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.22600.2520
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.2520
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