r6gd.2xlarge vs r5ad.2xlarge

Instance Typer6gd.2xlarger5ad.2xlarge
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
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6gd.12xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6gd.large, r6gd.medium, r6gd.metal, r6gd.xlarger5ad.12xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5ad.24xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5ad.large, r5ad.xlarge
Generationsr6gd.2xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge
Variantsr6a.2xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6in.2xlarger5.2xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5n.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r6gd.2xlarge
RDSdb.r6gd.2xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6gd.2xlarge
OpenSearchr6gd.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6gd.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 475 NVMe SSD1 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8333 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
r6gd.2xlarge
r5ad.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.29900.3320
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.46080.5240
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.55360.6360
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.55360.6360
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.55360.6360
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.55600.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.5560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.5560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.5560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5568n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.6072n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.48640.5760
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.7296n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.50560.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.51200.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.51200.6120
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.52000.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.54080.6320
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.54080.6320
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.55200.6320
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.46080.5240
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.46080.5240
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