r8gb.16xlarge vs r6idn.16xlarge

Instance Typer8gb.16xlarger6idn.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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8gb.12xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gb.24xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gb.48xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gb.8xlarge, r8gb.large, r8gb.medium, r8gb.metal-24xl, r8gb.metal-48xl, r8gb.xlarger6idn.12xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6idn.24xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6idn.32xlarge, r6idn.4xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6idn.large, r6idn.metal, r6idn.xlarge
Generationsr6idn.16xlarge, r8idn.16xlarge
Variantsr8a.16xlarge, r8g.16xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gn.16xlarge, r8i-flex.16xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge, r8id.16xlarge, r8idb.16xlarge, r8idn.16xlarge, r8in.16xlarger6a.16xlarge, r6g.16xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6id.16xlarge, r6in.16xlarge
RDSdb.r6idn.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput100000 MBps50000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth100000 Mbps50000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput12500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance480000 IOPS200000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance480000 IOPS200000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth100000 Mbps50000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput12500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance133.333 Gigabit100000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1615
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.20x

Regional Prices

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r8gb.16xlarge
r6idn.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a6.6269
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a6.8778
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a6.9638
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a7.3382
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a7.4506
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a7.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a7.5254
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a7.6003
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a7.6378
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a6.2525
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)5.82986.2525
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)5.82986.2525
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