r6g.xlarge vs r5a.xlarge

Instance Typer6g.xlarger5a.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
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton 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
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6g.12xlarge, r6g.16xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6g.4xlarge, r6g.8xlarge, r6g.large, r6g.medium, r6g.metal, r6g.xlarger5a.12xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5a.large, r5a.xlarge
Generationsr6g.xlarge, r7g.xlarge, r8g.xlarger5a.xlarge, r6a.xlarge, r7a.xlarge, r8a.xlarge
Variantsr6a.xlarge, r6gd.xlarge, r6i.xlarge, r6id.xlarge, r6idn.xlarge, r6in.xlarger5.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarge
SageMakerml.r6g.xlarge
RDSdb.r6g.xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6g.xlarge
OpenSearchr6g.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1188 Mbps1085 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput148.5 Mbps135.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6g.xlarge
r5a.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1300n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.13000.1430
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20160.2260
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.22400.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.22560.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.22560.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.23600.2740
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.23680.2740
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.23680.3620
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2369n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2416n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.2416n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2416n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.20160.2480
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2416n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2482n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2482n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.2537n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.20670.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2675n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.2680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.2688n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.3216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20670.2540
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21170.2660
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21400.2660
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.21890.2660
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.22080.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.22080.2720
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.2260
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20160.2260
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