r5a.8xlarge vs r5n.8xlarge

Instance Typer5a.8xlarger5n.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
n – Network and EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5a.12xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5a.large, r5a.xlarger5n.12xlarge, r5n.16xlarge, r5n.24xlarge, r5n.2xlarge, r5n.4xlarge, r5n.8xlarge, r5n.large, r5n.metal, r5n.xlarge
Generationsr5a.8xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r8a.8xlarger5n.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarge, r8in.8xlarge
Variantsr5.8xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5d.8xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5n.8xlarger5.8xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5d.8xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps6800 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps6800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps850 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.36x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.8xlarge
r5n.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.1440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.80802.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.17602.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.17602.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.17602.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.19202.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.19202.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.89602.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.1790
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a3.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.98402.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.01602.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.03202.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.12802.7040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.12802.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.12802.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.17602.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.17602.8480
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.80802.3840
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.80802.3840
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.3840
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