r5a.large vs r6gd.large

Instance Typer5a.larger6gd.large
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
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB16 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.large, r6a.large, r7a.large, r8a.larger6gd.large, r7gd.large, r8gd.large, r9gd.large
Variantsr5.large, r5ad.large, r5b.large, r5d.large, r5dn.large, r5n.larger6a.large, r6g.large, r6i.large, r6id.large, r6idn.large, r6in.large
SageMakerml.r6gd.large
RDSdb.r6gd.large
OpenSearchr6gd.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 118 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 4500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps630 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps78.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
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.large
r6gd.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.07200.0747
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.11300.1152
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.13600.1384
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.13600.1384
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.13600.1384
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.13700.1390
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.13700.1390
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.18100.1390
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.1390
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.1392
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.1518
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.12400.1216
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.1824
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.12600.1264
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.12700.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.13300.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.13300.1300
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.13300.1352
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.13600.1352
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.13600.1380
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.11300.1152
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.11300.1152
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