r9gd.12xlarge vs r8gd.12xlarge

Instance Typer9gd.12xlarger8gd.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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
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
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.8 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.xlarger8gd.12xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gd.24xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gd.48xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge, r8gd.large, r8gd.medium, r8gd.metal-24xl, r8gd.metal-48xl, r8gd.xlarge
Generationsr6gd.12xlarge, r7gd.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge, r9gd.12xlarger6gd.12xlarge, r7gd.12xlarge, r8gd.12xlarge, r9gd.12xlarge
Variantsr9g.12xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8g.12xlarge, r8gb.12xlarge, r8gn.12xlarge, r8i-flex.12xlarge, r8i.12xlarge, r8ib.12xlarge, r8id.12xlarge, r8idb.12xlarge, r8idn.12xlarge, r8in.12xlarge
RDSdb.r8gd.12xlarge
OpenSearchr8gd.12xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage3 x 950 NVMe SSD3 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth18000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2250 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance72000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance72000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth18000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2250 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces128
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

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On Demand
Geography
Region
r9gd.12xlarge
r8gd.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a2.2810
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.61903.5270
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a4.0589
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a4.1150
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a4.1395
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a4.1410
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a4.2374
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a4.2374
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a4.2374
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a4.2389
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a4.2619
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a4.2619
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a3.6226
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a4.2619
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a4.2619
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a4.2619
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a4.2869
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a4.6541
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a4.6613
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a5.5848
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a3.7234
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a3.8357
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a3.8698
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a3.8698
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a3.9192
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a3.9192
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a3.9682
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.84433.5270
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.84433.5270
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.8443n/a
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