r5a.xlarge vs r5n.xlarge

Instance Typer5a.xlarger5n.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5a.12xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5a.large, r5a.xlarger5n.12xlarge, r5n.16xlarge, r5n.24xlarge, r5n.2xlarge, r5n.4xlarge, r5n.8xlarge, r5n.large, r5n.metal, r5n.xlarge
Generationsr5a.xlarge, r6a.xlarge, r7a.xlarge, r8a.xlarger5n.xlarge, r6in.xlarge, r8in.xlarge
Variantsr5.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarger5.xlarge, r5a.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1085 Mbps1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput135.625 Mbps143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.36x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.xlarge
r5n.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1430n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.22600.3060
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.27200.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.27200.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.27200.3580
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.27400.3580
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.27400.3620
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.36200.3620
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.3970
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.24800.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.25200.3260
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.25400.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.26600.3380
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26600.3500
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.26600.3500
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.27200.3500
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.27200.3560
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.22600.2980
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.22600.2980
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.2980
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