r7i.8xlarge vs r5b.8xlarge

Instance Typer7i.8xlarger5b.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 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.8xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r8i.8xlarger5b.8xlarge, r8ib.8xlarge
Variantsr7a.8xlarge, r7g.8xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r7iz.8xlarger5.8xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5d.8xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5n.8xlarge
SageMakerml.r7i.8xlarge
RDSdb.r7i.8xlarge, db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r5b.8xlarge, db.r5b.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
OpenSearchr7i.8xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps5120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS86667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS86667 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 Megabit10 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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r7i.8xlarge
r5b.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.17062.5270
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.36882.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.36883.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.4864n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.5368n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.5368n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.5368n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)2.5368n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)2.5536n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.17062.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)2.5536n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)2.5536n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)2.5536n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)2.5536n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)2.5536n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)2.6637n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.3768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.18402.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.18402.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.22272.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.25122.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.29822.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.31842.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.35202.8960
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.11682.3840
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.11682.3840
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.11682.3840
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