r7a.16xlarge vs r8gn.16xlarge

Instance Typer7a.16xlarger8gn.16xlarge
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
16xlarge – 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.7 GHz2.8 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.xlarger8gn.12xlarge, r8gn.16xlarge, r8gn.24xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8gn.48xlarge, r8gn.4xlarge, r8gn.8xlarge, r8gn.large, r8gn.medium, r8gn.metal-24xl, r8gn.metal-48xl, r8gn.xlarge
Generationsr5a.16xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r8a.16xlarge
Variantsr7g.16xlarge, r7gd.16xlarge, r7i.16xlarge, r7iz.16xlarger8a.16xlarge, r8g.16xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8i-flex.16xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge, r8id.16xlarge, r8idb.16xlarge, r8idn.16xlarge, r8in.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps40000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS160000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps40000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit200 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

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r7a.16xlarge
r8gn.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)5.0234n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)5.1776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)5.4483n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)5.4483n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)5.8733n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)5.8733n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.8688n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.86885.8298
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.86885.8298
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