r7g.2xlarge vs r8g.2xlarge

Instance Typer7g.2xlarger8g.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
g – AWS Graviton 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr7g.12xlarge, r7g.16xlarge, r7g.2xlarge, r7g.4xlarge, r7g.8xlarge, r7g.large, r7g.medium, r7g.metal, r7g.xlarger8g.12xlarge, r8g.16xlarge, r8g.24xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8g.48xlarge, r8g.4xlarge, r8g.8xlarge, r8g.large, r8g.medium, r8g.metal-24xl, r8g.metal-48xl, r8g.xlarge
Generationsr6g.2xlarge, r7g.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarger6g.2xlarge, r7g.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge
Variantsr7a.2xlarge, r7gd.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r7iz.2xlarger8a.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r7g.2xlargeml.r8g.2xlarge
RDSdb.r7g.2xlargedb.r8g.2xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r8g.2xlarge
OpenSearchr7g.2xlarge.searchr8g.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r7g.2xlargecache.r8g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r7g.2xlarge
r8g.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.30030.3303
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.30030.3303
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HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.50320.5535
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.50320.5647
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.50340.5648
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.51340.5648
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.51340.5648
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.51340.5685
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.42840.4713
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HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.51680.5801
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.51680.5930
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.52730.6248
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.52740.6254
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.53910.6283
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.43930.4832
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.56800.7499
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.5685n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.6818n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.46510.5162
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HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.46920.5236
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.42840.4713
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