r6a.4xlarge vs r5a.4xlarge

Instance Typer6a.4xlarger5a.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB128 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.4xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r8a.4xlarger5a.4xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r8a.4xlarge
Variantsr6g.4xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6id.4xlarge, r6idn.4xlarge, r6in.4xlarger5.4xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5d.4xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5n.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps360 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.09x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.4xlarge
r5a.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.5720n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.57200.5720
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.90720.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.09441.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.90720.9920
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.99361.0080
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.00801.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.01521.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.06561.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.08721.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.09441.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.09441.0880
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.9040
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.90720.9040
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