r7i.xlarge vs r5b.xlarge

Instance Typer7i.xlarger5b.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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
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
b – EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 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.xlarge, r7i.xlarge, r8i.xlarger5b.xlarge, r8ib.xlarge
Variantsr7a.xlarge, r7g.xlarge, r7gd.xlarge, r7iz.xlarger5.xlarge, r5a.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarge
SageMakerml.r7i.xlarge
RDSdb.r7i.xlarge, db.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r7i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r5b.xlarge, db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
OpenSearchr7i.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS10833 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 Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
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.xlarge
r5b.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.27130.3159
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.29610.3620
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.29610.4740
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HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.3192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.3192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.3330n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.4221n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.27300.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.27300.3500
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.27780.3500
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.28140.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.28730.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.28980.3560
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.29400.3620
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.26460.2980
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.26460.2980
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.26460.2980
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