r5a.8xlarge vs r7gd.8xlarge

Instance Typer5a.8xlarger7gd.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
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.6 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.xlarger7gd.12xlarge, r7gd.16xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r7gd.4xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r7gd.large, r7gd.medium, r7gd.metal, r7gd.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.8xlarger7a.8xlarge, r7g.8xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r7iz.8xlarge
SageMakerml.r7gd.8xlarge
OpenSearchr7gd.8xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
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 Gigabit15 Gigabit
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 Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.8xlarge
r7gd.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a1.4080
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.14401.4080
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.80802.1773
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.17602.4494
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.17602.5056
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.17602.5402
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.19202.5402
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.19202.5552
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.89602.5562
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.6157
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.6158
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.6166
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a2.6166
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.98402.1773
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a2.6307
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a2.6307
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a2.6307
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a2.6309
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a2.6309
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a2.6461
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a2.6611
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a2.8728
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a3.4474
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.01602.2362
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.03202.2362
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.12802.2861
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.12802.2982
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.12802.3677
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.17602.4192
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.17602.4192
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.8080n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.80802.1773
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