r9gd.4xlarge vs r8gd.4xlarge

Instance Typer9gd.4xlarger8gd.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB128 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.4xlarge, r7gd.4xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r9gd.4xlarger6gd.4xlarge, r7gd.4xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r9gd.4xlarge
Variantsr9g.4xlarger8a.4xlarge, r8g.4xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gn.4xlarge, r8i-flex.4xlarge, r8i.4xlarge, r8ib.4xlarge, r8id.4xlarge, r8idb.4xlarge, r8idn.4xlarge, r8in.4xlarge
RDSdb.r8gd.4xlarge
OpenSearchr8gd.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 950 NVMe SSD1 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput750 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance24000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 17 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r9gd.4xlarge
r8gd.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a0.7603
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.53971.1757
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.3530
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.3717
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.3798
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.3803
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.4125
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.4125
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.4125
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.4130
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.4206
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.4206
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.2075
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.4206
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.4206
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.4206
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.4290
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.5514
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a1.5538
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a1.8616
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.2411
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.2786
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.2899
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.2899
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.3064
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.3064
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.3227
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.28141.1757
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.28141.1757
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.2814n/a
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