r6g.8xlarge vs r6a.8xlarge

Instance Typer6g.8xlarger6a.8xlarge
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.

rRAM / memory optimized
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
8xlarge – 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.

rRAM / memory optimized
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6g.12xlarge, r6g.16xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6g.4xlarge, r6g.8xlarge, r6g.large, r6g.medium, r6g.metal, r6g.xlarger6a.12xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r6a.32xlarge, r6a.48xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r6a.large, r6a.metal, r6a.xlarge
Generationsr6g.8xlarge, r7g.8xlarge, r8g.8xlarger5a.8xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r8a.8xlarge
Variantsr6a.8xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarger6g.8xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarge
SageMakerml.r6g.8xlarge
RDSdb.r6g.8xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6g.8xlarge
OpenSearchr6g.8xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6g.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput9000 MBps6667 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
r6g.8xlarge
r6a.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.04001.1440
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.04001.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.61281.8144
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.7920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.8048n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.8048n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.8880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.8944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.8944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.8950n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.61281.8144
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.9456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.9520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)1.9853n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)1.9853n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)2.0294n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.65381.9872
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)2.1402n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)2.1440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)2.1504n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)2.5728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.65382.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.69342.0304
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.71202.1744
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.75102.1888
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.76642.1888
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.76642.1888
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.61281.8144
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