r8gd.8xlarge vs x8g.8xlarge

Instance Typer8gd.8xlargex8g.8xlarge
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
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB512 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8gd.12xlarge, r8gd.16xlarge, r8gd.24xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gd.48xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge, r8gd.large, r8gd.medium, r8gd.metal-24xl, r8gd.metal-48xl, r8gd.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
Generationsr6gd.8xlarge, r7gd.8xlarge, r8gd.8xlarge
Variantsr8a.8xlarge, r8g.8xlarge, r8gb.8xlarge, r8gn.8xlarge, r8i-flex.8xlarge, r8i.8xlarge, r8ib.8xlarge, r8id.8xlarge, r8idb.8xlarge, r8idn.8xlarge, r8in.8xlargex8i.8xlarge
RDSdb.r8gd.8xlarge
OpenSearchr8gd.8xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 1900 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance15 Gigabit15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.31x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r8gd.8xlarge
x8g.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.5206n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.35143.5594
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.7059n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.7434n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.7597n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.7606n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.8250n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.8250n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.8250n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.8259n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)2.8413n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)2.8413n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.41503.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)2.8413n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)2.8413n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)2.8413n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)2.8579n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.1027n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.1075n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.7232n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.48223.7517
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.55714.3696
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.5798n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.5798n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.6128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.6128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.6454n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.35143.1264
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.35143.1264
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a3.1264
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