r9g.8xlarge vs r7a.8xlarge

Instance Typer9g.8xlarger7a.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 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.8xlarge, r7g.8xlarge, r8g.8xlarge, r9g.8xlarger5a.8xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r8a.8xlarge
Variantsr9gd.8xlarger7g.8xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r7iz.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput12000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance17 Gigabit12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces108
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r9g.8xlarge
r7a.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.47872.5117
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a2.5888
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a2.7242
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a2.7242
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a2.9366
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.9366
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.05472.4344
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.05472.4344
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.05472.4344
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