r5b.xlarge vs r8ib.xlarge

Instance Typer5b.xlarger8ib.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
b – EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.9 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.xlarger8ib.12xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge, r8ib.24xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8ib.32xlarge, r8ib.48xlarge, r8ib.4xlarge, r8ib.8xlarge, r8ib.96xlarge, r8ib.large, r8ib.metal-48xl, r8ib.metal-96xl, r8ib.xlarge
Generationsr5b.xlarge, r8ib.xlarge
Variantsr5.xlarge, r5a.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarger8a.xlarge, r8g.xlarge, r8gb.xlarge, r8gd.xlarge, r8gn.xlarge, r8i-flex.xlarge, r8i.xlarge, r8id.xlarge, r8idb.xlarge, r8idn.xlarge, r8in.xlarge
RDSdb.r5b.xlarge, db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps390.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10833 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance43333 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 20 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.32x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5b.xlarge
r8ib.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.31590.4689
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.3620n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.4740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.32600.4689
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33400.4998
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.35000.5082
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.3500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.3560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.3560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.3560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.3620n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.29800.4184
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.29800.4184
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.29800.4184
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