r6g.medium vs r8g.medium

Instance Typer6g.mediumr8g.medium
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
medium – 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
medium – Size
vCPUs11
Memory8 GiB8 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.medium, r7g.medium, r8g.mediumr6g.medium, r7g.medium, r8g.medium
Variantsr6gd.mediumr8a.medium, r8gb.medium, r8gd.medium, r8gn.medium
SageMakerml.r6g.mediumml.r8g.medium
OpenSearchr8g.medium.search
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 Bandwidth315 Mbps315 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput39.375 Mbps39.375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance2500 IOPS2500 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 Interfaces22
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Addresses per Interface44
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.medium
r8g.medium
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.03250.0413
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.03250.0413
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.05040.0589
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.05600.0659
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.05640.0659
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.05640.0690
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.05900.0692
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.05920.0692
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.05920.0706
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.05920.0706
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.06040.0706
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.06040.0706
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.06040.0711
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.05040.0589
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.06040.0711
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.06080.0711
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.06080.0711
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.06080.0711
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.06080.0711
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.06080.0725
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.06100.0741
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.06200.0781
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.06200.0782
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.06340.0785
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.05170.0604
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.06690.0937
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.0670n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.0672n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.0804n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.05170.0604
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.05290.0619
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.05350.0627
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.05470.0645
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.05520.0645
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.05520.0655
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.05040.0589
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