r6a.8xlarge vs r5a.8xlarge

Instance Typer6a.8xlarger5a.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
6 – 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
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 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.8xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r8a.8xlarger5a.8xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r8a.8xlarge
Variantsr6g.8xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarger5.8xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5d.8xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5n.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6667 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 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.8xlarge
r5a.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.1440n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.14401.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.81441.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.18882.1760
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.1760
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.1760
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.81441.9840
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.98722.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.01602.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.03042.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.13122.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.17442.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.18882.1760
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.18882.1760
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.8080
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.81441.8080
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