r6g.16xlarge vs r5ad.16xlarge

Instance Typer6g.16xlarger5ad.16xlarge
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
16xlarge – 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
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 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.xlarger5ad.12xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5ad.24xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5ad.large, r5ad.xlarge
Generationsr6g.16xlarge, r7g.16xlarge, r8g.16xlarge
Variantsr6a.16xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6id.16xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6in.16xlarger5.16xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5d.16xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5n.16xlarge
SageMakerml.r6g.16xlarge
RDSdb.r6g.16xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6g.16xlarge
ElastiCachecache.r6g.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.29x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6g.16xlarge
r5ad.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)2.0800n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.08002.6580
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.22564.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.58405.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.60965.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.60965.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.77606.6560
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.7888n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.7888n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.7901n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.8656n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.8656n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.8656n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.22564.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.8656n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.8912n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.8912n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.8912n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.8912n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.8912n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.9040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)3.9706n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)3.9706n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)4.0589n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.30754.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)4.2803n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)4.2880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)4.3008n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)5.1456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.30754.7360
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.38694.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.42404.9280
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.50215.0560
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.53285.0560
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.53285.0560
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a4.1920
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.22564.1920
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