r6a.12xlarge vs r6i.12xlarge

Instance Typer6a.12xlarger6i.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
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6a.12xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r6a.32xlarge, r6a.48xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r6a.large, r6a.metal, r6a.xlarger6i.12xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6i.24xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6i.32xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6i.large, r6i.metal, r6i.xlarge
Generationsr5a.12xlarge, r6a.12xlarge, r7a.12xlarge, r8a.12xlarger6i.12xlarge, r7i.12xlarge, r8i.12xlarge
Variantsr6g.12xlarge, r6gd.12xlarge, r6i.12xlarge, r6id.12xlarge, r6idn.12xlarge, r6in.12xlarger6a.12xlarge, r6g.12xlarge, r6gd.12xlarge, r6id.12xlarge, r6idn.12xlarge, r6in.12xlarge
SageMakerml.r6i.12xlarge
RDSdb.r6i.12xlarge, db.r6i.12xlarge.tpc2.mem2x
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit18750 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.24x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.12xlarge
r6i.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.7160n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.7160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.72163.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.28323.3600
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a3.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a3.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a3.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a3.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a3.5532
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a3.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a3.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.72163.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a3.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a3.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a3.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a3.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a3.7224
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a3.7224
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a3.8052
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a4.0080
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a4.0128
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a4.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.98083.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a4.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.02403.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.04563.1752
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.19683.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.26163.2832
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.28323.3120
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.28323.3120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a3.0240
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.72163.0240
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a3.0240
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