r5b.12xlarge vs r5dn.12xlarge

Instance Typer5b.12xlarger5dn.12xlarge
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
5 – Generation
b – EBS optimized
12xlarge – 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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5b.12xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5b.large, r5b.metal, r5b.xlarger5dn.12xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5dn.large, r5dn.metal, r5dn.xlarge
Generationsr5b.12xlarge, r8ib.12xlarger5dn.12xlarge, r6idn.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarge
Variantsr5.12xlarge, r5a.12xlarge, r5ad.12xlarge, r5d.12xlarge, r5dn.12xlarge, r5n.12xlarger5.12xlarge, r5a.12xlarge, r5ad.12xlarge, r5b.12xlarge, r5d.12xlarge, r5n.12xlarge
RDSdb.r5b.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 900 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput30720 MBps6000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth30000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput3750 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance130000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance130000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth30000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3750 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

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r5b.12xlarge
r5dn.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.79064.2480
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.34404.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)5.68804.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a5.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.91204.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.00804.7040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.20004.7040
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.20004.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.27204.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.27204.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.27204.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.34404.8240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.57604.0080
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.57604.0080
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.57604.0080
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