r6g.large vs r5ad.large

Instance Typer6g.larger5ad.large
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
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.2 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.large, r7g.large, r8g.large, r9g.large
Variantsr6a.large, r6gd.large, r6i.large, r6id.large, r6idn.large, r6in.larger5.large, r5a.large, r5b.large, r5d.large, r5dn.large, r5n.large
SageMakerml.r6g.large
RDSdb.r6g.large
DocumentDBdb.r6g.large
OpenSearchr6g.large.search
ElastiCachecache.r6g.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 75 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth630 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput78.75 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
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.large
r5ad.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0650n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.06500.0830
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10080.1310
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.11200.1590
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.11280.1590
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.11280.1590
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.11800.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1184n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1184n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1184n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1208n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1208n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1208n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.10080.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1208n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1241n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.1241n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.1268n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.10340.1460
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.1338n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.1340n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.1344n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.1608n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10340.1480
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10580.1530
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10700.1540
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10940.1580
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.11040.1580
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.11040.1580
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1310
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10080.1310
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