r6a.16xlarge vs r5a.16xlarge

Instance Typer6a.16xlarger5a.16xlarge
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
16xlarge – 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
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 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.16xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r8a.16xlarger5a.16xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r8a.16xlarge
Variantsr6g.16xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6id.16xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6in.16xlarger5.16xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5d.16xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5n.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13333 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.09x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.16xlarge
r5a.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)2.2880n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.28802.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.62883.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.37764.3520
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a4.3520
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a4.3520
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a4.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a4.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a5.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.62883.9680
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.97444.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.03204.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.06084.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.26244.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.34884.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.37764.3520
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.37764.3520
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a3.6160
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.62883.6160
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