r5b.xlarge vs r5dn.xlarge

Instance Typer5b.xlarger5dn.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.1 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.xlarger5dn.12xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5dn.large, r5dn.metal, r5dn.xlarge
Generationsr5b.xlarge, r8ib.xlarger5dn.xlarge, r6idn.xlarge, r8idn.xlarge
Variantsr5.xlarge, r5a.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarger5.xlarge, r5a.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5b.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5n.xlarge
RDSdb.r5b.xlarge, db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 150 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10833 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance43333 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
r5b.xlarge
r5dn.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.31590.3540
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.36200.4060
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.47400.4080
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.4420
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.32600.3720
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33400.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.35000.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.35000.3980
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.35600.3980
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.35600.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.35600.4020
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.36200.4020
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.29800.3340
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.29800.3340
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.29800.3340
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