r5.xlarge vs r8i.xlarge

Instance Typer5.xlarger8i.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.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
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.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 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.xlarge, r4.xlarge, r5.xlarge, r6i.xlarge, r7i.xlarge, r8i.xlarger6i.xlarge, r7i.xlarge, r8i.xlarge
Variantsr5a.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarger8a.xlarge, r8g.xlarge, r8gb.xlarge, r8gd.xlarge, r8gn.xlarge, r8i-flex.xlarge, r8ib.xlarge, r8id.xlarge, r8idb.xlarge, r8idn.xlarge, r8in.xlarge
SageMakerml.r5.xlarge
RDSdb.r5.xlarge, db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r5.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r8i.xlarge
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 4750 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 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 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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Geography
Region
r5.xlarge
r8i.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.26000.2849
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.29600.3263
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.29600.3263
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.29600.3263
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.30200.3330
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.30200.3330
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.30200.3330
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.30200.3352
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.30400.3352
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.30400.3352
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.30400.3352
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.26000.2867
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.30400.3420
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.30400.3496
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.30400.3687
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.31000.3704
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.31000.4432
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.3340n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.3340n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.3360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.4020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.26800.2867
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.27600.2955
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.27600.3043
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.28000.3043
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.28200.3087
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.28200.3109
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.29600.3109
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.25200.2778
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.25200.2778
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.25200.2778
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