r5a.16xlarge vs x2gd.16xlarge

Instance Typer5a.16xlargex2gd.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
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
2 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 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.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsr5a.16xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r8a.16xlarge
Variantsr5.16xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5d.16xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5n.16xlargex2idn.16xlarge, x2iedn.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1900 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps19000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.36x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.16xlarge
x2gd.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.2880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.61606.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.3520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.3520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.3520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)5.7920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.9680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.0320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.0640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.2560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.2560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.2560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.3520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.3520n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.61605.3440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.61605.3440
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a5.3440
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