r7i.4xlarge vs r5b.4xlarge

Instance Typer7i.4xlarger5b.4xlarge
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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
4xlarge – 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
b – EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr7i.12xlarge, r7i.16xlarge, r7i.24xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r7i.48xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r7i.large, r7i.metal-24xl, r7i.metal-48xl, r7i.xlarger5b.12xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5b.large, r5b.metal, r5b.xlarge
Generationsr6i.4xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r8i.4xlarger5b.4xlarge, r8ib.4xlarge
Variantsr7a.4xlarge, r7g.4xlarge, r7gd.4xlarge, r7iz.4xlarger5.4xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5ad.4xlarge, r5d.4xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5n.4xlarge
SageMakerml.r7i.4xlarge
RDSdb.r7i.4xlarge, db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x, db.r7i.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r5b.4xlarge, db.r5b.4xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r5b.4xlarge.tpc2.mem3x, db.r5b.4xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
OpenSearchr7i.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS43333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS43333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.14x

Regional Prices

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Region
r7i.4xlarge
r5b.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.08531.2635
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.18441.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.18441.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.2684n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.2684n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.2684n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.2684n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.08531.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.2768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.3318n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.6884n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.09201.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.09201.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.11141.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.12561.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.14911.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.15921.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.17601.4480
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.05841.1920
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.05841.1920
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.05841.1920
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