r5a.2xlarge vs r6gd.2xlarge

Instance Typer5a.2xlarger6gd.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – 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
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 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.xlarger6gd.12xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6gd.large, r6gd.medium, r6gd.metal, r6gd.xlarge
Generationsr5a.2xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r8a.2xlarger6gd.2xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge
Variantsr5.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5n.2xlarger6a.2xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r6gd.2xlarge
RDSdb.r6gd.2xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6gd.2xlarge
OpenSearchr6gd.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6gd.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 475 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 4500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps296.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.2xlarge
r6gd.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.28600.2990
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.45200.4608
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.54400.5536
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.54400.5536
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.54400.5536
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.54800.5560
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.54800.5560
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.72400.5560
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.5560
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.5568
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.6072
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.49600.4864
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.7296
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.50400.5056
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.50800.5120
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.53200.5120
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53200.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.53200.5408
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.54400.5408
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.54400.5520
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.45200.4608
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.45200.4608
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