r5a.xlarge vs r7gd.xlarge

Instance Typer5a.xlarger7gd.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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 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.xlarge, r6a.xlarge, r7a.xlarge, r8a.xlarger6gd.xlarge, r7gd.xlarge, r8gd.xlarge
Variantsr5.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarger7a.xlarge, r7g.xlarge, r7i.xlarge, r7iz.xlarge
SageMakerml.r7gd.xlarge
OpenSearchr7gd.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 237 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1085 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput135.625 Mbps156.25039999999998 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
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 Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.xlarge
r7gd.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.1760
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.14300.1760
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.22600.2722
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.27200.3062
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.27200.3132
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.27200.3175
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.27400.3175
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.27400.3194
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.36200.3195
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.3270
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.3270
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.3271
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.3271
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.24800.2722
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.3288
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.3288
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.3288
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.3289
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.3289
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.3308
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.3326
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.3591
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.4309
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.25200.2795
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.25400.2795
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.26600.2858
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26600.2873
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.26600.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.27200.3024
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.27200.3024
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.2260n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.22600.2722
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