r6i.16xlarge vs r8i.16xlarge

Instance Typer6i.16xlarger8i.16xlarge
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
i – Intel processor
16xlarge – 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
i – Intel processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6i.12xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6i.24xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6i.32xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6i.large, r6i.metal, r6i.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
Generationsr6i.16xlarge, r7i.16xlarge, r8i.16xlarger6i.16xlarge, r7i.16xlarge, r8i.16xlarge
Variantsr6a.16xlarge, r6g.16xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6id.16xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6in.16xlarger8a.16xlarge, r8g.16xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gn.16xlarge, r8i-flex.16xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge, r8id.16xlarge, r8idb.16xlarge, r8idn.16xlarge, r8in.16xlarge
SageMakerml.r6i.16xlarge
RDSdb.r6i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

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r6i.16xlarge
r8i.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.13444.5581
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.48005.2214
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.51205.2214
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.73605.2214
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.73605.3274
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.73605.3274
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.73765.3274
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.83205.3626
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.83205.3626
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)4.83205.3626
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)4.86405.3626
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.13444.5866
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)4.86405.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)4.86405.5936
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)4.86405.8989
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)4.86405.9270
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)4.96327.0912
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)4.9632n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)5.0736n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)5.3440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)5.3504n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)5.3760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.16004.5866
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)6.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.16004.7277
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.23364.8688
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.28804.8688
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.37764.9392
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.41604.9744
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.41604.9744
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.03204.4454
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.03204.4454
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.03204.4454
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