r6a.12xlarge vs r5a.12xlarge

Instance Typer6a.12xlarger5a.12xlarge
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
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – 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
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed3.6 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6a.12xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r6a.32xlarge, r6a.48xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r6a.large, r6a.metal, r6a.xlarger5a.12xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5a.large, r5a.xlarge
Generationsr5a.12xlarge, r6a.12xlarge, r7a.12xlarge, r8a.12xlarger5a.12xlarge, r6a.12xlarge, r7a.12xlarge, r8a.12xlarge
Variantsr6g.12xlarge, r6gd.12xlarge, r6i.12xlarge, r6id.12xlarge, r6idn.12xlarge, r6in.12xlarger5.12xlarge, r5ad.12xlarge, r5b.12xlarge, r5d.12xlarge, r5dn.12xlarge, r5n.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps6780 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps847.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps6780 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps847.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.09x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.12xlarge
r5a.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.7160n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.71601.7160
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.72162.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.28323.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a3.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a3.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a3.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a3.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a4.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.72162.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.98083.0240
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.02403.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.04563.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.19683.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.26163.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.28323.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.28323.2640
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.7120
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.72162.7120
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