r6a.16xlarge vs r6i.16xlarge

Instance Typer6a.16xlarger6i.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
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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 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.16xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r8a.16xlarger6i.16xlarge, r7i.16xlarge, r8i.16xlarge
Variantsr6g.16xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6id.16xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6in.16xlarger6a.16xlarge, r6g.16xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6id.16xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6in.16xlarge
SageMakerml.r6i.16xlarge
RDSdb.r6i.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13333 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit25000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.24x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
r6a.16xlarge
r6i.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)2.2880n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.2880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.62884.1344
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.37764.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a4.5120
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a4.7360
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a4.7360
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a4.7360
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a4.7376
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a4.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a4.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a4.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a4.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.62884.1344
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a4.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a4.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a4.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a4.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a4.9632
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a4.9632
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a5.0736
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a5.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a5.3504
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a5.3760
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.97444.1600
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a6.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.03204.1600
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.06084.2336
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.26244.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.34884.3776
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.37764.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.37764.4160
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a4.0320
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.62884.0320
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a4.0320
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