r6id.xlarge vs r8a.xlarge

Instance Typer6id.xlarger8a.xlarge
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
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – 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
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed3.5 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6id.12xlarge, r6id.16xlarge, r6id.24xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6id.32xlarge, r6id.4xlarge, r6id.8xlarge, r6id.large, r6id.metal, r6id.xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.48xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.large, r8a.medium, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.xlarge
Generationsr6id.xlarge, r8id.xlarger5a.xlarge, r6a.xlarge, r7a.xlarge, r8a.xlarge
Variantsr6a.xlarge, r6g.xlarge, r6gd.xlarge, r6i.xlarge, r6idn.xlarge, r6in.xlarger8g.xlarge, r8gb.xlarge, r8gd.xlarge, r8gn.xlarge, r8i-flex.xlarge, r8i.xlarge, r8ib.xlarge, r8id.xlarge, r8idb.xlarge, r8idn.xlarge, r8in.xlarge
SageMakerml.r6id.xlarge
RDSdb.r6id.xlargedb.r8a.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1520
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1520
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

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r6id.xlarge
r8a.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.31060.3469
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HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.3549n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.3633n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.3634n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.3634n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3654n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3654n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3654n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.3990n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.31060.3499
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.31720.3575
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.31750.3575
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.32890.3854
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.33180.3854
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.3360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.3360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.3480n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.30240.3195
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.30240.3195
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.30240.3195
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