r9g.4xlarge vs r7a.4xlarge

Instance Typer9g.4xlarger7a.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB128 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.4xlarge, r7g.4xlarge, r8g.4xlarge, r9g.4xlarger5a.4xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r8a.4xlarge
Variantsr9gd.4xlarger7g.4xlarge, r7gd.4xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r7iz.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput750 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance24000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 17 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

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r9g.4xlarge
r7a.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.23941.2558
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.2944
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.3621
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.3621
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.4683
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.4683
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.02741.2172
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.02741.2172
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.02741.2172
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