r7i.8xlarge vs r8i.8xlarge

Instance Typer7i.8xlarger8i.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
7 – Generation
i – Intel 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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 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.8xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r8i.8xlarger6i.8xlarge, r7i.8xlarge, r8i.8xlarge
Variantsr7a.8xlarge, r7g.8xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r7iz.8xlarger8a.8xlarge, r8g.8xlarge, r8gb.8xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge, r8gn.8xlarge, r8i-flex.8xlarge, r8ib.8xlarge, r8id.8xlarge, r8idb.8xlarge, r8idn.8xlarge, r8in.8xlarge
SageMakerml.r7i.8xlarge
RDSdb.r7i.8xlarge, db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r7i.8xlarge.tpc2.mem3xdb.r8i.8xlarge
OpenSearchr7i.8xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 Megabit15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces810
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.07x

Regional Prices

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r7i.8xlarge
r8i.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.17062.2790
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.36882.6107
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.36882.6107
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.48642.6107
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.48642.6637
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.48642.6637
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.53682.6637
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.53682.6813
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.53682.6813
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)2.53682.6813
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)2.55362.6813
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.17062.2933
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)2.55362.7360
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)2.55362.7968
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)2.55362.9494
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)2.55362.9635
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)2.55363.5456
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)2.6637n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.3768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.18402.2933
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.18402.3638
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.22272.4344
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.25122.4344
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.29822.4696
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.31842.4872
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.35202.4872
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.11682.2227
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.11682.2227
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.11682.2227
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