r6g.8xlarge vs r5ad.8xlarge

Instance Typer6g.8xlarger5ad.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 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.8xlarge, r7g.8xlarge, r8g.8xlarge
Variantsr6a.8xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarger5.8xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5d.8xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5n.8xlarge
SageMakerml.r6g.8xlarge
RDSdb.r6g.8xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6g.8xlarge
OpenSearchr6g.8xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6g.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput9000 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 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 Diff1.00x1.29x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6g.8xlarge
r5ad.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.0400n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.04001.3290
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.61282.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.79202.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.80482.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.80482.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.88803.3280
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.8944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.8944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.8950n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.61282.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.9520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)1.9853n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)1.9853n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)2.0294n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.65382.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)2.1402n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)2.1440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)2.1504n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)2.5728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.65382.3680
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.69342.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.71202.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.75102.5280
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.76642.5280
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.76642.5280
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.0960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.61282.0960
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