r6gd.8xlarge vs r5n.8xlarge

Instance Typer6gd.8xlarger5n.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 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.8xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge, r9gd.8xlarger5n.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarge, r8in.8xlarge
Variantsr6a.8xlarge, r6g.8xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarger5.8xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5ad.8xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5d.8xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge
SageMakerml.r6gd.8xlarge
RDSdb.r6gd.8xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6gd.8xlarge
OpenSearchr6gd.8xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6gd.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 1900 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput9000 MBps5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps6800 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps6800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps850 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
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.8xlarge
r5n.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.1958n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.84322.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.21442.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.21442.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.21442.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.22402.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.22402.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.22402.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.22403.1790
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.22723.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)2.42883.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)2.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.94562.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)2.9184n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.02242.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.04802.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.04802.7040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.08002.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.16322.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.16322.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.20802.8480
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.84322.3840
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.84322.3840
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.3840
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