r5a.24xlarge vs x8g.24xlarge

Instance Typer5a.24xlargex8g.24xlarge
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
24xlarge – 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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory768 GiB1536 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 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.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Generationsr5a.24xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r7a.24xlarge, r8a.24xlarge
Variantsr5.24xlarge, r5ad.24xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5d.24xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5n.24xlargex8aedz.24xlarge, x8i.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps30720 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth13570 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1696.25 Mbps3750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth13570 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1696.25 Mbps3750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit40 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 Diff1.00x1.72x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.24xlarge
x8g.24xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)3.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)5.424010.6781
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)6.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)6.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)6.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)6.5760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)6.5760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)8.6880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)5.952011.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)6.048011.2550
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)6.096013.1088
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)6.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)6.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)6.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)6.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)6.5280n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)5.42409.3792
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)5.42409.3792
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a9.3792
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