r8a.16xlarge vs r6in.16xlarge

Instance Typer8a.16xlarger6in.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
a – AMD processor
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
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 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.xlarger6in.12xlarge, r6in.16xlarge, r6in.24xlarge, r6in.2xlarge, r6in.32xlarge, r6in.4xlarge, r6in.8xlarge, r6in.large, r6in.metal, r6in.xlarge
Generationsr5a.16xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r8a.16xlarger6in.16xlarge, r8in.16xlarge
Variantsr8g.16xlarge, r8gb.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, r6idn.16xlarge
RDSdb.r8a.16xlargedb.r6in.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps50000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps50000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS200000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS200000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps50000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance30000 Megabit100000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1615
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r8a.16xlarge
r6in.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)5.59905.9530
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)5.72066.1027
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)5.72066.2525
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)6.16706.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)6.16706.6643
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a6.6643
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a6.7018
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a6.7766
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a6.7766
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)5.11235.5786
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)5.11235.5786
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)5.11235.5786
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