r9gd.48xlarge vs r8a.48xlarge

Instance Typer9gd.48xlarger8a.48xlarge
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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
48xlarge – 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
a – AMD processor
48xlarge – Size
vCPUs192192
Memory1536 GiB1536 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr9gd.12xlarge, r9gd.16xlarge, r9gd.24xlarge, r9gd.2xlarge, r9gd.48xlarge, r9gd.4xlarge, r9gd.8xlarge, r9gd.large, r9gd.medium, r9gd.metal-48xl, r9gd.xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.48xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.large, r8a.medium, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.xlarge
Generationsr8gd.48xlarge, r9gd.48xlarger6a.48xlarge, r7a.48xlarge, r8a.48xlarge
Variantsr9g.48xlarger8g.48xlarge, r8gb.48xlarge, r8gd.48xlarge, r8gn.48xlarge, r8i.48xlarge, r8ib.48xlarge, r8id.48xlarge, r8idb.48xlarge, r8idn.48xlarge, r8in.48xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage3 x 3800 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput72000 MBps60000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth72000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput9000 Mbps7500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance288000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance288000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth72000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput9000 Mbps7500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100 Gigabit75000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces2424
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6464
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

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