r5b.large vs x8g.large
| r5b.large | x8g.large |
| Memory optimized | Memory optimized |
| 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 large – 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 8 – Generation g – AWS Graviton processor large – Size |
| 2 | 2 |
| 16 GiB | 32 GiB |
| x86_64 | arm64 |
| Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) | AWS Graviton4 Processor |
| 3.1 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| 2 | 1 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| r5b.12xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5b.large, r5b.metal, r5b.xlarge | x8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge |
| r5b.large, r8ib.large | |
| r5.large, r5a.large, r5ad.large, r5d.large, r5dn.large, r5n.large | x8aedz.large, x8i.large |
| db.r5b.large, db.r5b.large.tpc1.mem2x | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| EBS only | EBS only |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 10240 MBps | up to 10240 MBps |
| 1250 Mbps | 630 Mbps |
| 156.25 Mbps | 78.75 Mbps |
| 5417 IOPS | 3600 IOPS |
| 43333 IOPS | 40000 IOPS |
| 10000 Mbps | 10000 Mbps |
| 1250 Mbps | 1250 Mbps |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | Up to 12.5 Gigabit |
| yes | yes |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 10 | 10 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.28x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | r5b.large | x8g.large |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1579 | 0.2225 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.1810 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2370 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1630 | 0.2340 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1670 | 0.2345 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1750 | 0.2731 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1750 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1780 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.1780 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.1780 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.1810 | n/a |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.1490 | 0.1954 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.1490 | 0.1954 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.1490 | 0.1954 |