r9g.12xlarge vs r7a.12xlarge

Instance Typer9g.12xlarger7a.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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton 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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr9g.12xlarge, r9g.16xlarge, r9g.24xlarge, r9g.2xlarge, r9g.48xlarge, r9g.4xlarge, r9g.8xlarge, r9g.large, r9g.medium, r9g.metal-48xl, r9g.xlarger7a.12xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r7a.24xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r7a.32xlarge, r7a.48xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r7a.large, r7a.medium, r7a.metal-48xl, r7a.xlarge
Generationsr6g.12xlarge, r7g.12xlarge, r8g.12xlarge, r9g.12xlarger5a.12xlarge, r6a.12xlarge, r7a.12xlarge, r8a.12xlarge
Variantsr9gd.12xlarger7g.12xlarge, r7gd.12xlarge, r7i.12xlarge, r7iz.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth18000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2250 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance72000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance72000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth18000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2250 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit18750 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces128
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

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r9g.12xlarge
r7a.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.71813.7675
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a3.8832
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a4.0862
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a4.0862
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a4.4050
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a4.4050
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.08213.6516
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.08213.6516
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.08213.6516
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