r6gd.4xlarge vs r5ad.4xlarge

Instance Typer6gd.4xlarger5ad.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB128 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.4xlarge, r7gd.4xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge
Variantsr6a.4xlarge, r6g.4xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6id.4xlarge, r6idn.4xlarge, r6in.4xlarger5.4xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5d.4xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5n.4xlarge
SageMakerml.r6gd.4xlarge
RDSdb.r6gd.4xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6gd.4xlarge
OpenSearchr6gd.4xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6gd.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 950 NVMe SSD2 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput4500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps360 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS16000 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 Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
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.4xlarge
r5ad.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.59790.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.92161.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.10721.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.10721.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.10721.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.11201.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.1136n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.2144n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.2160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.97281.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.4592n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.01121.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.02401.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.02401.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.04001.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.08161.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.08161.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.10401.2640
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.92161.0480
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.92161.0480
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