r6a.8xlarge vs r9g.8xlarge

Instance Typer6a.8xlarger9g.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.

r – RAM / memory optimized
6 – Generation
a – AMD 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.

r – RAM / memory optimized
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 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.xlarger9g.12xlarge, r9g.16xlarge, r9g.24xlarge, r9g.2xlarge, r9g.48xlarge, r9g.4xlarge, r9g.8xlarge, r9g.large, r9g.medium, r9g.metal-48xl, r9g.xlarge
Generationsr5a.8xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r8a.8xlarger6g.8xlarge, r7g.8xlarge, r8g.8xlarge, r9g.8xlarge
Variantsr6g.8xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarger9gd.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6667 MBps12000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 Megabit17 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces810
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.14x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.8xlarge
r9g.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.1440n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.1440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.81442.4787
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.1888n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.8144n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.9872n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.0160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.0304n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.1312n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.1744n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.1888n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.1888n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.0547
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.81442.0547
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.0547
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