r5a.xlarge vs r8a.xlarge

Instance Typer5a.xlarger8a.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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz4.5 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.xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.48xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.large, r8a.medium, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.xlarge
Generationsr5a.xlarge, r6a.xlarge, r7a.xlarge, r8a.xlarger5a.xlarge, r6a.xlarge, r7a.xlarge, r8a.xlarge
Variantsr5.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarger8g.xlarge, r8gb.xlarge, r8gd.xlarge, r8gn.xlarge, r8i-flex.xlarge, r8i.xlarge, r8ib.xlarge, r8id.xlarge, r8idb.xlarge, r8idn.xlarge, r8in.xlarge
RDSdb.r8a.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
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 Mbps156.25 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 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1520
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1520
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.35x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.xlarge
r8a.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1430n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.22600.3499
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3620n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.24800.3575
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.25200.3575
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.25400.3854
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.26600.3854
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.2660n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.2660n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.2720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2720n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.22600.3195
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.22600.3195
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.3195
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