r7i.12xlarge vs r8i.12xlarge

Instance Typer7i.12xlarger8i.12xlarge
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
i – Intel processor
12xlarge – 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
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr7i.12xlarge, r7i.16xlarge, r7i.24xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r7i.48xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r7i.large, r7i.metal-24xl, r7i.metal-48xl, r7i.xlarger8i.12xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8i.24xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8i.32xlarge, r8i.48xlarge, r8i.4xlarge, r8i.8xlarge, r8i.96xlarge, r8i.large, r8i.metal-48xl, r8i.metal-96xl, r8i.xlarge
Generationsr6i.12xlarge, r7i.12xlarge, r8i.12xlarger6i.12xlarge, r7i.12xlarge, r8i.12xlarge
Variantsr7a.12xlarge, r7g.12xlarge, r7gd.12xlarge, r7iz.12xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8g.12xlarge, r8gb.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge, r8gn.12xlarge, r8i-flex.12xlarge, r8ib.12xlarge, r8id.12xlarge, r8idb.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarge, r8in.12xlarge
SageMakerml.r7i.12xlarge
RDSdb.r7i.12xlargedb.r8i.12xlarge
OpenSearchr7i.12xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces812
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.07x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r7i.12xlarge
r8i.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.25583.4186
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.55323.9161
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.55323.9161
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.72963.9161
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.72963.9955
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.72963.9955
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.80523.9955
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.80524.0219
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.80524.0219
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.80524.0219
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.83044.0219
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.25583.4399
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.83044.1040
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.83044.1952
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.83044.4242
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.83044.4453
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.83045.3184
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.9955n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)5.0652n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.27603.4399
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.27603.5458
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.33413.6516
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.37683.6516
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.44743.7044
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.47763.7308
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.52803.7308
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.17523.3341
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.17523.3341
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.17523.3341
Activate subscription to see all regions and unlock all features  

Related Comparisons

Other instances worth weighing against these.