r5a.8xlarge vs r7a.8xlarge

Instance Typer5a.8xlarger7a.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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.7 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.xlarger7a.12xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r7a.24xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r7a.32xlarge, r7a.48xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r7a.large, r7a.medium, r7a.metal-48xl, r7a.xlarge
Generationsr5a.8xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r8a.8xlarger5a.8xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r8a.8xlarge
Variantsr5.8xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5d.8xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5n.8xlarger7g.8xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r7iz.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
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 Diff1.00x1.28x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.8xlarge
r7a.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.1440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.80802.5117
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.1760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.1760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.1760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.98402.5888
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.01602.7242
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.03202.7242
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.12802.9366
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.12802.9366
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.1280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.1760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.1760n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.80802.4344
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.80802.4344
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.4344
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