r8a.16xlarge vs r5dn.16xlarge

Instance Typer8a.16xlarger5dn.16xlarge
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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – 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
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.48xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.large, r8a.medium, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.xlarger5dn.12xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5dn.large, r5dn.metal, r5dn.xlarge
Generationsr5a.16xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r8a.16xlarger5dn.16xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r8idn.16xlarge
Variantsr8g.16xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gn.16xlarge, r8i-flex.16xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge, r8id.16xlarge, r8idb.16xlarge, r8idn.16xlarge, r8in.16xlarger5.16xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5d.16xlarge, r5n.16xlarge
RDSdb.r8a.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps1700 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance30000 Megabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces1615
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

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r8a.16xlarge
r5dn.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)5.55045.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a6.4960
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a6.5280
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a7.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)5.59905.9520
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)5.72066.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)5.72066.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)6.16706.3680
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)6.16706.3680
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a6.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a6.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a6.4320
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)5.11235.3440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)5.11235.3440
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)5.11235.3440
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