r5ad.xlarge vs r5b.xlarge

Instance Typer5ad.xlarger5b.xlarge
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.

rRAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – 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.

rRAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
b – EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5ad.12xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5ad.24xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5ad.large, r5ad.xlarger5b.12xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5b.large, r5b.metal, r5b.xlarge
Variantsr5.xlarge, r5a.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarger5.xlarge, r5a.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarge
RDSdb.r5b.xlarge, db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1085 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput135.625 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS10833 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS43333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 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 Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
r5ad.xlarge
r5b.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1660n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.26200.3159
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.31800.3620
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.31800.4740
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.3180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.28800.3260
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.29200.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.29600.3500
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.30600.3500
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.30800.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.31600.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.31600.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.31600.3620
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.26200.2980
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.26200.2980
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.2980
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