r8a.12xlarge vs r6idn.12xlarge

Instance Typer8a.12xlarger6idn.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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.48xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.large, r8a.medium, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.xlarger6idn.12xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6idn.24xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6idn.32xlarge, r6idn.4xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6idn.large, r6idn.metal, r6idn.xlarge
Generationsr5a.12xlarge, r6a.12xlarge, r7a.12xlarge, r8a.12xlarger6idn.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarge
Variantsr8g.12xlarge, r8gb.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge, r8gn.12xlarge, r8i-flex.12xlarge, r8i.12xlarge, r8ib.12xlarge, r8id.12xlarge, r8idb.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarge, r8in.12xlarger6a.12xlarge, r6g.12xlarge, r6gd.12xlarge, r6i.12xlarge, r6id.12xlarge, r6in.12xlarge
RDSdb.r8a.12xlargedb.r6idn.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1425 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps37500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps37500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps4687.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS150000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS150000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps37500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps4687.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance22500 Megabit75000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces128
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6430
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6430
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.26x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r8a.12xlarge
r6idn.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.19934.9702
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.29055.1583
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.29055.2229
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.62535.5037
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.62535.5879
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a5.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a5.6441
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a5.7002
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a5.7283
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.83424.6894
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.83424.6894
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.83424.6894
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