r7a.metal-48xl vs r9gd.metal-48xl

Instance Typer7a.metal-48xlr9gd.metal-48xl
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
metal-48xl – Bare metal
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
metal-48xl – Bare metal
vCPUs192192
Memory1536 GiB1536 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
Generationsr7a.metal-48xl, r8a.metal-48xlr8gd.metal-48xl, r9gd.metal-48xl
Variantsr7i.metal-48xlr9g.metal-48xl
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only3 x 3800 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput40000 MBps72000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth40000 Mbps72000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput5000 Mbps9000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance240000 IOPS288000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance240000 IOPS288000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth40000 Mbps72000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput5000 Mbps9000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50000 Megabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1524
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

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