r6g.12xlarge vs r8g.12xlarge

Instance Typer6g.12xlarger8g.12xlarge
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
g – AWS Graviton processor
12xlarge – 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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6g.12xlarge, r6g.16xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6g.4xlarge, r6g.8xlarge, r6g.large, r6g.medium, r6g.metal, r6g.xlarger8g.12xlarge, r8g.16xlarge, r8g.24xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8g.48xlarge, r8g.4xlarge, r8g.8xlarge, r8g.large, r8g.medium, r8g.metal-24xl, r8g.metal-48xl, r8g.xlarge
Generationsr6g.12xlarge, r7g.12xlarge, r8g.12xlarger6g.12xlarge, r7g.12xlarge, r8g.12xlarge
Variantsr6a.12xlarge, r6gd.12xlarge, r6i.12xlarge, r6id.12xlarge, r6idn.12xlarge, r6in.12xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8gb.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge, r8gn.12xlarge, r8i-flex.12xlarge, r8i.12xlarge, r8ib.12xlarge, r8id.12xlarge, r8idb.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarge, r8in.12xlarge
SageMakerml.r6g.12xlargeml.r8g.12xlarge
RDSdb.r6g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6g.12xlargedb.r8g.12xlarge
OpenSearchr6g.12xlarge.searchr8g.12xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6g.12xlargecache.r8g.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13500 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth14250 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1781.25 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance50000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance50000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth14250 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1781.25 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit22.5 Gigabit
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 Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.17x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6g.12xlarge
r8g.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.56001.9819
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.56001.9819
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HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.83203.3211
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.84163.3211
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.84163.3884
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.84263.3888
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HiddenHidden (hidden-25)2.91843.4805
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)2.92803.5582
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)2.97793.7488
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)2.97793.7522
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)3.04423.7699
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.48062.8992
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HiddenHidden (hidden-31)3.2160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)3.2256n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.54022.9688
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HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.62663.0970
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.64963.0970
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.64963.1416
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.41922.8277
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