r5b.16xlarge vs r8gb.16xlarge

Instance Typer5b.16xlarger8gb.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
16xlarge – 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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5b.12xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5b.large, r5b.metal, r5b.xlarger8gb.12xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gb.24xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gb.48xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gb.8xlarge, r8gb.large, r8gb.medium, r8gb.metal-24xl, r8gb.metal-48xl, r8gb.xlarge
Generationsr5b.16xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge
Variantsr5.16xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5d.16xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5n.16xlarger8a.16xlarge, r8g.16xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gn.16xlarge, r8i-flex.16xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge, r8id.16xlarge, r8idb.16xlarge, r8idn.16xlarge, r8in.16xlarge
RDSdb.r5b.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput40960 MBps100000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth40000 Mbps100000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput5000 Mbps12500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance173333 IOPS480000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance173333 IOPS480000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth40000 Mbps100000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput5000 Mbps12500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit133.333 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

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r5b.16xlarge
r8gb.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)5.0541n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)5.7920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)7.5840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)5.2160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)5.3440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)5.6000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)5.6000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)5.6960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)5.6960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)5.6960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)5.7920n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.7680n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.76805.8298
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.76805.8298
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