r6a.16xlarge vs r7a.16xlarge

Instance Typer6a.16xlarger7a.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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.7 GHz
Threads Per Core21
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.xlarger7a.12xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r7a.24xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r7a.32xlarge, r7a.48xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r7a.large, r7a.medium, r7a.metal-48xl, r7a.xlarge
Generationsr5a.16xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r8a.16xlarger5a.16xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r8a.16xlarge
Variantsr6g.16xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6id.16xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6in.16xlarger7g.16xlarge, r7gd.16xlarge, r7i.16xlarge, r7iz.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 Diff1.00x1.39x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r6a.16xlarge
r7a.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)2.2880n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.2880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.62885.0234
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.3776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.62885.1776
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.97445.4483
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.03205.4483
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.06085.8733
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.26245.8733
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.3488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.3776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.3776n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a4.8688
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.62884.8688
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a4.8688
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