r8a.xlarge vs r7iz.xlarge

Instance Typer8a.xlarger7iz.xlarge
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.

rRAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – 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.

rRAM / memory optimized
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
z – High performance
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.48xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.large, r8a.medium, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.xlarger7iz.12xlarge, r7iz.16xlarge, r7iz.2xlarge, r7iz.32xlarge, r7iz.4xlarge, r7iz.8xlarge, r7iz.large, r7iz.metal-16xl, r7iz.metal-32xl, r7iz.xlarge
Generationsr5a.xlarge, r6a.xlarge, r7a.xlarge, r8a.xlarge
Variantsr8g.xlarge, r8gb.xlarge, r8gd.xlarge, r8gn.xlarge, r8i-flex.xlarge, r8i.xlarge, r8id.xlarger7a.xlarge, r7g.xlarge, r7gd.xlarge, r7i.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1584 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps198 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface2015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface2015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
r8a.xlarge
r7iz.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.35750.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.35750.4500
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.38540.4540
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.31950.3720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.31950.3720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.31950.3720
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