r6in.xlarge vs r8in.xlarge

Instance Typer6in.xlarger8in.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 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.xlarge, r8in.xlarger6in.xlarge, r8in.xlarge
Variantsr6a.xlarge, r6g.xlarge, r6gd.xlarge, r6i.xlarge, r6id.xlarge, r6idn.xlarger8a.xlarge, r8g.xlarge, r8gb.xlarge, r8gd.xlarge, r8gn.xlarge, r8i-flex.xlarge, r8i.xlarge, r8ib.xlarge, r8id.xlarge, r8idb.xlarge, r8idn.xlarge
RDSdb.r6in.xlarge
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 Bandwidth3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput390.625 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12500 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance100000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 30000 MegabitUp to 30 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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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
r6in.xlarge
r8in.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.37210.4689
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.38140.4689
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.39080.4998
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40950.5082
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.4165n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.4165n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.4189n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.4235n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4235n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.34870.4184
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34870.4184
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.34870.4184
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