r7a.12xlarge vs r9gd.12xlarge

Instance Typer7a.12xlarger9gd.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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core11
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.xlarger9gd.12xlarge, r9gd.16xlarge, r9gd.24xlarge, r9gd.2xlarge, r9gd.48xlarge, r9gd.4xlarge, r9gd.8xlarge, r9gd.large, r9gd.medium, r9gd.metal-48xl, r9gd.xlarge
Generationsr5a.12xlarge, r6a.12xlarge, r7a.12xlarge, r8a.12xlarger6gd.12xlarge, r7gd.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge, r9gd.12xlarge
Variantsr7g.12xlarge, r7gd.12xlarge, r7i.12xlarge, r7iz.12xlarger9g.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only3 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps18000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps18000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps2250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS72000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS72000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps18000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps2250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit25 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 Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

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r7a.12xlarge
r9gd.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.76754.6190
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.8832n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.0862n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.0862n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.4050n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.4050n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.65163.8443
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.65163.8443
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.65163.8443
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