r6a.4xlarge vs r9gd.4xlarge

Instance Typer6a.4xlarger9gd.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.3 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.xlarger9gd.12xlarge, r9gd.16xlarge, r9gd.24xlarge, r9gd.2xlarge, r9gd.48xlarge, r9gd.4xlarge, r9gd.8xlarge, r9gd.large, r9gd.medium, r9gd.metal-48xl, r9gd.xlarge
Generationsr5a.4xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r8a.4xlarger6gd.4xlarge, r7gd.4xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r9gd.4xlarge
Variantsr6g.4xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6id.4xlarge, r6idn.4xlarge, r6in.4xlarger9g.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 12000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps6000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS24000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 17 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.42x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.4xlarge
r9gd.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.5720n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.5720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.90721.5397
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.0944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.9072n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.9936n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.0080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.0152n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.0656n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.0872n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.0944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.0944n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.2814
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.90721.2814
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.2814
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