r6a.8xlarge vs x2iedn.8xlarge

Instance Typer6a.8xlargex2iedn.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
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
2 – Generation
i – Intel processor
e – Extra storage or memory
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
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.xlargex2iedn.16xlarge, x2iedn.24xlarge, x2iedn.2xlarge, x2iedn.32xlarge, x2iedn.4xlarge, x2iedn.8xlarge, x2iedn.metal, x2iedn.xlarge
Generationsr5a.8xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r8a.8xlarge
Variantsr6g.8xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6in.8xlargex2gd.8xlarge, x2iezn.8xlarge
RDSdb.x2iedn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6667 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 Megabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x4.54x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.8xlarge
x2iedn.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.1440n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.1440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.81446.8810
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.18888.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a8.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a8.6700
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a8.7035
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a8.7035
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a9.3370
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a9.5240
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a9.6705
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a9.6705
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a9.6705
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.81446.8810
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a9.6705
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a9.6705
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a9.6710
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a10.2707
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a13.0050
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.98727.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.01607.6058
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.03048.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.13128.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.17448.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.18888.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.18888.4003
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a6.6690
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.81446.6690
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a6.6690
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