r6g.large vs r8g.large

Instance Typer6g.larger8g.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
g – AWS Graviton 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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB16 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.large, r7g.large, r8g.large, r9g.larger6g.large, r7g.large, r8g.large, r9g.large
Variantsr6a.large, r6gd.large, r6i.large, r6id.large, r6idn.large, r6in.larger8a.large, r8gb.large, r8gd.large, r8gn.large, r8i-flex.large, r8i.large, r8ib.large, r8id.large, r8idb.large, r8idn.large, r8in.large
SageMakerml.r6g.largeml.r8g.large
RDSdb.r6g.largedb.r8g.large
DocumentDBdb.r6g.largedb.r8g.large
OpenSearchr6g.large.searchr8g.large.search
ElastiCachecache.r6g.largecache.r8g.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth630 Mbps630 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput78.75 Mbps78.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.17x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6g.large
r8g.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.06500.0826
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.06500.0826
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10080.1178
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.11200.1318
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.11280.1318
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.11280.1381
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.11800.1384
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.11840.1384
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.11840.1412
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.11840.1412
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.12080.1412
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.12080.1412
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.12080.1421
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.10080.1178
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.12080.1421
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.12160.1421
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.12160.1421
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.12160.1421
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.12160.1421
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.12160.1450
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.12200.1483
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.12410.1562
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.12410.1563
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.12680.1571
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.10340.1208
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.13380.1875
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.1340n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.1344n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.1608n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10340.1208
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10580.1237
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10700.1253
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10940.1290
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.11040.1290
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.11040.1309
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10080.1178
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