r8i.2xlarge vs r6idn.2xlarge

Instance Typer8i.2xlarger6idn.2xlarge
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
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8i.12xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8i.24xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8i.32xlarge, r8i.48xlarge, r8i.4xlarge, r8i.8xlarge, r8i.96xlarge, r8i.large, r8i.metal-48xl, r8i.metal-96xl, r8i.xlarger6idn.12xlarge, r6idn.16xlarge, r6idn.24xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6idn.32xlarge, r6idn.4xlarge, r6idn.8xlarge, r6idn.large, r6idn.metal, r6idn.xlarge
Generationsr6i.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarger6idn.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge
Variantsr8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarger6a.2xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6in.2xlarge
RDSdb.r8i.2xlargedb.r6idn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS25000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 40000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.36x

Regional Prices

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r8i.2xlarge
r6idn.2xlarge
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HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.7374n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.7409n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.8864n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.57330.8705
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.59100.9173
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.60860.9313
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.60860.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.61740.9407
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.62180.9500
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.62180.9547
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.55570.7816
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.55570.7816
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.55570.7816
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