r6in.2xlarge vs r8in.2xlarge

Instance Typer6in.2xlarger8in.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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6in.12xlarge, r6in.16xlarge, r6in.24xlarge, r6in.2xlarge, r6in.32xlarge, r6in.4xlarge, r6in.8xlarge, r6in.large, r6in.metal, r6in.xlarger8in.12xlarge, r8in.16xlarge, r8in.24xlarge, r8in.2xlarge, r8in.32xlarge, r8in.48xlarge, r8in.4xlarge, r8in.8xlarge, r8in.96xlarge, r8in.large, r8in.metal-48xl, r8in.metal-96xl, r8in.xlarge
Generationsr6in.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarger6in.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
Variantsr6a.2xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarger8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge
RDSdb.r6in.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput781.25 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance25000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance100000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 40000 MegabitUp to 40 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.17x

Regional Prices

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r6in.2xlarge
r8in.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.74410.9379
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.76280.9379
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.78160.9996
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.81901.0165
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.8330n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.8330n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.8377n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.8471n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.8471n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.69730.8368
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.69730.8368
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.69730.8368
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