r6g.large vs r5n.large

Instance Typer6g.larger5n.large
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
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB16 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
Sizesr6g.12xlarge, r6g.16xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6g.4xlarge, r6g.8xlarge, r6g.large, r6g.medium, r6g.metal, r6g.xlarger5n.12xlarge, r5n.16xlarge, r5n.24xlarge, r5n.2xlarge, r5n.4xlarge, r5n.8xlarge, r5n.large, r5n.metal, r5n.xlarge
Generationsr6g.large, r7g.large, r8g.large, r9g.larger5n.large, r6in.large, r8in.large
Variantsr6a.large, r6gd.large, r6i.large, r6id.large, r6idn.large, r6in.larger5.large, r5a.large, r5ad.large, r5b.large, r5d.large, r5dn.large
SageMakerml.r6g.large
RDSdb.r6g.large
DocumentDBdb.r6g.large
OpenSearchr6g.large.search
ElastiCachecache.r6g.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth630 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput78.75 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.52x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6g.large
r5n.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0650n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0650n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10080.1530
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.11200.1780
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.11280.1780
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.11280.1790
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.11800.1790
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.11840.1810
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.11840.1810
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.11840.1990
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.12080.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.12080.2360
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1208n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.10080.1590
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1208n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1241n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.1241n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.1268n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.10340.1630
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.1338n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.1340n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.1344n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.1608n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10340.1670
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10580.1690
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10700.1750
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10940.1750
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.11040.1750
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.11040.1780
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1490
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10080.1490
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1490
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