r6i.8xlarge vs r7i.8xlarge

Instance Typer6i.8xlarger7i.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.2 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.xlarger7i.12xlarge, r7i.16xlarge, r7i.24xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r7i.48xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r7i.large, r7i.metal-24xl, r7i.metal-48xl, r7i.xlarge
Generationsr6i.8xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r8i.8xlarger6i.8xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r8i.8xlarge
Variantsr6a.8xlarge, r6g.8xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarger7a.8xlarge, r7g.8xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r7iz.8xlarge
SageMakerml.r6i.8xlargeml.r7i.8xlarge
RDSdb.r6i.8xlarge, db.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x, db.r6i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r7i.8xlarge, db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3x
OpenSearchr7i.8xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 Megabit12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

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r6i.8xlarge
r7i.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.06722.1706
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.24002.3688
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.25602.3688
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.36802.4864
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.36802.4864
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.36802.4864
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.36882.5368
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.41602.5368
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.41602.5368
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)2.41602.5368
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)2.43202.5536
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.06722.1706
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)2.43202.5536
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)2.43202.5536
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)2.43202.5536
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)2.43202.5536
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)2.48162.5536
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)2.48162.6637
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)2.53683.3768
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)2.6720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)2.6752n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)2.6880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.08002.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)3.2160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.08002.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.11682.2227
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.14402.2512
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.18882.2982
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.20802.3184
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.20802.3520
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.01602.1168
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.01602.1168
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.01602.1168
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