r6gd.12xlarge vs r8gd.12xlarge

Instance Typer6gd.12xlarger8gd.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
d – Instance store volume
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
d – Instance store volume
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
Sizesr6gd.12xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6gd.large, r6gd.medium, r6gd.metal, r6gd.xlarger8gd.12xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gd.24xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gd.48xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge, r8gd.large, r8gd.medium, r8gd.metal-24xl, r8gd.metal-48xl, r8gd.xlarge
Generationsr6gd.12xlarge, r7gd.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarger6gd.12xlarge, r7gd.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge
Variantsr6a.12xlarge, r6g.12xlarge, r6i.12xlarge, r6id.12xlarge, r6idn.12xlarge, r6in.12xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8g.12xlarge, r8gb.12xlarge, r8gn.12xlarge, r8i-flex.12xlarge, r8i.12xlarge, r8ib.12xlarge, r8id.12xlarge, r8idb.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarge, r8in.12xlarge
SageMakerml.r6gd.12xlarge
RDSdb.r6gd.12xlargedb.r8gd.12xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r6gd.12xlarge
OpenSearchr6gd.12xlarge.searchr8gd.12xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r6gd.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1425 NVMe SSD3 x 950 NVMe SSD
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 Gigabit22500 Megabit
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 Diff1.00x1.26x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6gd.12xlarge
r8gd.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.79382.2810
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.76483.5270
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.32164.0589
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.32164.1150
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.32164.1395
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.33604.1410
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.33604.2374
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.33604.2374
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.33604.2374
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.34084.2389
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.64324.2619
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.64804.2619
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.91843.6226
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)4.37764.2619
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a4.2619
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a4.2619
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a4.2869
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a4.6541
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a5.5848
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.03363.7234
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.07203.8357
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.07203.8698
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.12003.8698
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.24483.9192
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.24483.9192
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.31203.9682
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.76483.5270
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.76483.5270
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