r5dn.12xlarge vs r8idn.12xlarge

Instance Typer5dn.12xlarger8idn.12xlarge
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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – 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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 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
Sizesr5dn.12xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5dn.large, r5dn.metal, r5dn.xlarger8idn.12xlarge, r8idn.16xlarge, r8idn.24xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8idn.32xlarge, r8idn.48xlarge, r8idn.4xlarge, r8idn.8xlarge, r8idn.96xlarge, r8idn.large, r8idn.metal-48xl, r8idn.metal-96xl, r8idn.xlarge
Generationsr5dn.12xlarge, r6idn.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarger6idn.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarge
Variantsr5.12xlarge, r5a.12xlarge, r5ad.12xlarge, r5b.12xlarge, r5d.12xlarge, r5n.12xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8g.12xlarge, r8gb.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge, r8gn.12xlarge, r8i-flex.12xlarge, r8i.12xlarge, r8ib.12xlarge, r8id.12xlarge, r8idb.12xlarge, r8in.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 900 GB NVMe SSD1 x 2850 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces812
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.33x

Regional Prices

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r5dn.12xlarge
r8idn.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.24806.2674
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.8720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)5.3040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.46406.2674
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.70406.7056
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.70406.8402
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.7760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.7760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.8000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.8240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.8240n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.00805.6273
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.00805.6273
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.00805.6273
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