r6a.metal vs r8i.metal-48xl

Instance Typer6a.metalr8i.metal-48xl
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
metal – Bare metal
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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
metal-48xl – Bare metal
vCPUs192192
Memory1536 GiB1536 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.9 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.xlarger8i.12xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8i.24xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8i.32xlarge, r8i.48xlarge, r8i.4xlarge, r8i.8xlarge, r8i.96xlarge, r8i.large, r8i.metal-48xl, r8i.metal-96xl, r8i.xlarge
Generationsr7i.metal-48xl, r8i.metal-48xl
Variantsr6g.metal, r6gd.metal, r6i.metal, r6id.metal, r6idn.metal, r6in.metalr8a.metal-48xl, r8g.metal-48xl, r8gb.metal-48xl, r8gd.metal-48xl, r8gn.metal-48xl, r8ib.metal-48xl, r8id.metal-48xl, r8idb.metal-48xl, r8idn.metal-48xl, r8in.metal-48xl
RDSdb.r8i.metal-48xl
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput40000 MBps60000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth40000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput5000 Mbps7500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance240000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance240000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth40000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput5000 Mbps7500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50000 Megabit75000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1524
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.36x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.metal
r8i.metal-48xl
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)6.8640n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)6.8640n/a
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USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a13.3363
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)10.886413.3363
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a13.3363
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