r6a.2xlarge vs x8i.2xlarge
| r6a.2xlarge | x8i.2xlarge |
| Memory optimized | Memory optimized |
| 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 a – AMD processor 2xlarge – Size | In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps. x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive 8 – Generation i – Intel processor 2xlarge – Size |
| 8 | 8 |
| 64 GiB | 128 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) |
| 3.6 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| r6a.12xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r6a.32xlarge, r6a.48xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r6a.large, r6a.metal, r6a.xlarge | x8i.12xlarge, x8i.16xlarge, x8i.24xlarge, x8i.2xlarge, x8i.32xlarge, x8i.48xlarge, x8i.4xlarge, x8i.64xlarge, x8i.8xlarge, x8i.96xlarge, x8i.large, x8i.metal-48xl, x8i.metal-96xl, x8i.xlarge |
| r5a.2xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r8a.2xlarge | |
| r6g.2xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6in.2xlarge | x8g.2xlarge |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| EBS only | EBS only |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 6667 MBps | up to 10000 MBps |
| 2500 Mbps | 2500 Mbps |
| 312.5 Mbps | 312.5 Mbps |
| 12000 IOPS | 12000 IOPS |
| 40000 IOPS | 40000 IOPS |
| 10000 Mbps | 10000 Mbps |
| 1250 Mbps | 1250 Mbps |
| Up to 12500 Megabit | Up to 15000 Megabit |
| yes | yes |
| 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 30 |
| 15 | 30 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 2.29x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | r6a.2xlarge | x8i.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2) | 0.2860 | n/a |
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) | 0.2860 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.4536 | 0.9031 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.5472 | 1.2692 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 1.2692 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.4536 | 0.9982 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.4968 | 1.0504 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.5040 | 1.0504 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.5076 | 1.1029 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.5328 | 1.1423 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.5436 | 1.2255 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.5472 | 1.2692 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.5472 | 1.2692 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 0.8753 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.4536 | 0.8753 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | n/a | 0.8753 |