r6gd.16xlarge vs r5n.16xlarge

Instance Typer6gd.16xlarger5n.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
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
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
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6gd.12xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6gd.large, r6gd.medium, r6gd.metal, r6gd.xlarger5n.12xlarge, r5n.16xlarge, r5n.24xlarge, r5n.2xlarge, r5n.4xlarge, r5n.8xlarge, r5n.large, r5n.metal, r5n.xlarge
Generationsr6gd.16xlarge, r7gd.16xlarge, r8gd.16xlarger5n.16xlarge, r6in.16xlarge, r8in.16xlarge
Variantsr6a.16xlarge, r6g.16xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6id.16xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6in.16xlarger5.16xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5ad.16xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5d.16xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge
SageMakerml.r6gd.16xlarge
RDSdb.r6gd.16xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6gd.16xlarge
OpenSearchr6gd.16xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6gd.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps1700 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
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
r6gd.16xlarge
r5n.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.3917n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.68644.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.42885.6960
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.42885.6960
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.42885.7280
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.44805.7280
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.44805.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.44805.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.44806.3570
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.45446.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)4.85767.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)4.8640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.89125.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)5.8368n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.04485.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.09605.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.09605.4080
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.16005.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.32645.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.32645.6010
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.41605.6960
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.68644.7680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.68644.7680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a4.7680
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