r5a.8xlarge vs r6gd.8xlarge

Instance Typer5a.8xlarger6gd.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
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 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.8xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r8a.8xlarger6gd.8xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge
Variantsr5.8xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5d.8xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5n.8xlarger6a.8xlarge, r6g.8xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarge
SageMakerml.r6gd.8xlarge
RDSdb.r6gd.8xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6gd.8xlarge
OpenSearchr6gd.8xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6gd.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps9000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
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.8xlarge
r6gd.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.14401.1958
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.80801.8432
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.17602.2144
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.17602.2144
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.17602.2144
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.19202.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.19202.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.89602.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.2272
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.4288
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a2.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.98401.9456
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a2.9184
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.01602.0224
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.03202.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.12802.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.12802.0800
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.12802.1632
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.17602.1632
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.17602.2080
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.80801.8432
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.80801.8432
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