r5b.12xlarge vs x1.16xlarge

Instance Typer5b.12xlargex1.16xlarge
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
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
1 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs4864
Memory384 GiB976 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.3 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.xlargex1.16xlarge, x1.32xlarge
Generationsr5b.12xlarge, r8ib.12xlargex1.16xlarge, x8i.16xlarge
Variantsr5.12xlarge, r5a.12xlarge, r5ad.12xlarge, r5d.12xlarge, r5dn.12xlarge, r5n.12xlargex1e.16xlarge
RDSdb.r5b.12xlargedb.x1.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units174.5
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1920 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput30720 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth30000 Mbps7000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput3750 Mbps875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance130000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance130000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth30000 Mbps7000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3750 Mbps875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.11x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
r5b.12xlarge
x1.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.79066.8810
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.34409.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)5.68809.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a10.6380
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a13.0050
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.91207.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.00808.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.20008.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.20008.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.27208.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.27208.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.27209.3370
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.34409.5240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.57606.6690
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.57606.6690
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.57606.6690
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