r7a.8xlarge vs r6id.8xlarge

Instance Typer7a.8xlarger6id.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
7 – Generation
a – AMD 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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr7a.12xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r7a.24xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r7a.32xlarge, r7a.48xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r7a.large, r7a.medium, r7a.metal-48xl, r7a.xlarger6id.12xlarge, r6id.16xlarge, r6id.24xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6id.32xlarge, r6id.4xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6id.large, r6id.metal, r6id.xlarge
Generationsr5a.8xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r8a.8xlarger6id.8xlarge, r8id.8xlarge
Variantsr7g.8xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r7iz.8xlarger6a.8xlarge, r6g.8xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6in.8xlarge
SageMakerml.r6id.8xlarge
RDSdb.r6id.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
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 Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

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r7a.8xlarge
r6id.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.51172.4846
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.8224
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.8392
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.9064
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.9072
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.9072
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.9232
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.9232
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.9232
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.58882.4846
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.72422.5376
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.72422.5402
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.93662.6309
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.93662.6544
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.7840
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.43442.4192
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.43442.4192
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.43442.4192
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