r8g.16xlarge vs x8g.16xlarge

Instance Typer8g.16xlargex8g.16xlarge
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
16xlarge – Size
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory512 GiB1024 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8g.12xlarge, r8g.16xlarge, r8g.24xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8g.48xlarge, r8g.4xlarge, r8g.8xlarge, r8g.large, r8g.medium, r8g.metal-24xl, r8g.metal-48xl, r8g.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Generationsr6g.16xlarge, r7g.16xlarge, r8g.16xlarge
Variantsr8a.16xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gn.16xlarge, r8i-flex.16xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge, r8id.16xlarge, r8idb.16xlarge, r8idn.16xlarge, r8in.16xlargex8i.16xlarge
SageMakerml.r8g.16xlarge
RDSdb.r8g.16xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r8g.16xlarge
OpenSearchr8g.16xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r8g.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps20480 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance30 Gigabit30 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.64x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r8g.16xlarge
x8g.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)2.6426n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.6426n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.77027.1187
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.2170n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.2189n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.4179n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.4282n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.4282n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.5179n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.5184n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.5184n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)4.5184n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)4.5478n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.77027.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)4.5478n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)4.5478n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)4.5478n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)4.5478n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)4.5478n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)4.6406n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)4.7443n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)4.9984n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)5.0029n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)5.0266n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.86567.5034
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)5.9994n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.86568.7392
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.9584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.0093n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.1293n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.1293n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.1888n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a6.2528
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.77026.2528
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a6.2528
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