r7a.12xlarge vs r8idn.12xlarge

Instance Typer7a.12xlarger8idn.12xlarge
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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – 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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr7a.12xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r7a.24xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r7a.32xlarge, r7a.48xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r7a.large, r7a.medium, r7a.metal-48xl, r7a.xlarger8idn.12xlarge, r8idn.16xlarge, r8idn.24xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8idn.32xlarge, r8idn.48xlarge, r8idn.4xlarge, r8idn.8xlarge, r8idn.96xlarge, r8idn.large, r8idn.metal-48xl, r8idn.metal-96xl, r8idn.xlarge
Generationsr5a.12xlarge, r6a.12xlarge, r7a.12xlarge, r8a.12xlarger6idn.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarge
Variantsr7g.12xlarge, r7gd.12xlarge, r7i.12xlarge, r7iz.12xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8g.12xlarge, r8gb.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge, r8gn.12xlarge, r8i-flex.12xlarge, r8i.12xlarge, r8ib.12xlarge, r8id.12xlarge, r8idb.12xlarge, r8in.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 2850 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces812
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.55x

Regional Prices

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r7a.12xlarge
r8idn.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.76756.2674
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.88326.2674
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.08626.7056
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.08626.8402
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.4050n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.4050n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.65165.6273
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.65165.6273
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.65165.6273
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