r6a.large vs r9g.large

Instance Typer6a.larger9g.large
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
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB16 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.large, r6a.large, r7a.large, r8a.larger6g.large, r7g.large, r8g.large, r9g.large
Variantsr6g.large, r6gd.large, r6i.large, r6id.large, r6idn.large, r6in.larger9gd.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 12000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps760 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps95 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.14x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.large
r9g.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0715n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0715n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.11340.1549
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1368n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.1134n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.1242n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.1260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.1269n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.1332n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1359n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1368n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1368n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1284
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.11340.1284
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1284
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