r7a.2xlarge vs r8ib.2xlarge

Instance Typer7a.2xlarger8ib.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – 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
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 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.xlarger8ib.12xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge, r8ib.24xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8ib.32xlarge, r8ib.48xlarge, r8ib.4xlarge, r8ib.8xlarge, r8ib.96xlarge, r8ib.large, r8ib.metal-48xl, r8ib.metal-96xl, r8ib.xlarge
Generationsr5a.2xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r8a.2xlarge
Variantsr7g.2xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r7iz.2xlarger8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 26.66 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 Diff1.00x1.39x

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r7a.2xlarge
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HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.64720.9379
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HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.68101.0165
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HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.7342n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.60860.8368
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.60860.8368
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.60860.8368
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