r9gd.xlarge vs r8gd.xlarge

Instance Typer9gd.xlarger8gd.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 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.xlarge, r7gd.xlarge, r8gd.xlarge, r9gd.xlarger6gd.xlarge, r7gd.xlarge, r8gd.xlarge, r9gd.xlarge
Variantsr9g.xlarger8a.xlarge, r8g.xlarge, r8gb.xlarge, r8gn.xlarge, r8i-flex.xlarge, r8i.xlarge, r8ib.xlarge, r8id.xlarge, r8idb.xlarge, r8idn.xlarge, r8in.xlarge
RDSdb.r8gd.xlarge
OpenSearchr8gd.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSD1 x 237 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput187.5 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r9gd.xlarge
r8gd.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a0.1901
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.38490.2939
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.3382
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.3429
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.3450
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.3451
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.3531
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.3531
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.3531
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.3532
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.3552
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.3552
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.3019
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.3552
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.3552
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.3552
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.3572
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.3878
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.3884
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.4654
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.3103
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.3196
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.3225
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.3225
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.3266
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.3266
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.3307
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.32040.2939
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.32040.2939
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.3204n/a
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