r5a.16xlarge vs r7gd.16xlarge

Instance Typer5a.16xlarger7gd.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
5 – 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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5a.12xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5a.large, r5a.xlarger7gd.12xlarge, r7gd.16xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r7gd.4xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r7gd.large, r7gd.medium, r7gd.metal, r7gd.xlarge
Generationsr5a.16xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r8a.16xlarger6gd.16xlarge, r7gd.16xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge
Variantsr5.16xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5d.16xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5n.16xlarger7a.16xlarge, r7g.16xlarge, r7i.16xlarge, r7iz.16xlarge
SageMakerml.r7gd.16xlarge
OpenSearchr7gd.16xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit30 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.16xlarge
r7gd.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a2.8160
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.28802.8160
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.61604.3546
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.35204.8989
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.35205.0112
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.35205.0803
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.38405.0803
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.38405.1104
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)5.79205.1123
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a5.2314
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a5.2315
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a5.2333
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a5.2333
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.96804.3546
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a5.2614
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a5.2614
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a5.2614
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a5.2618
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a5.2618
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a5.2922
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a5.3222
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a5.7456
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a6.8947
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.03204.4723
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.06404.4723
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.25604.5722
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.25604.5965
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.25604.7354
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.35204.8384
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.35204.8384
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.6160n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.61604.3546
Activate subscription to see all regions and unlock all features  

Related Comparisons

Other instances worth weighing against these.